November 25, 2013
QUEBEC CITY - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Lower St. Lawrence population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity, in accordance with the prohibition order mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish area:
Prohibition Order 2013Q-T-173
Riviere-du-Loup:
Verte Island (B-02.4)
The waters around Verte Island, at less than 800 meters off the shore.
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