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Shellfish Contamination - Pacific Region
Area 20

Prohibited Areas

Be advised that permanent bivalve fishing prohibited areas (no harvesting for any purpose) are in place in the following areas:

  1. within 300 m of industrial, municipal and sewage treatment plant outfall discharges;

  2. within a minimum 125 m of marinas, wharves, finfish net pens, float homes or other floating living accommodation facilities, including live aboard boats. (Note: floating living accommodation associated with shellfish aquaculture tenures and an approved zero discharge waste management may have a reduced prohibited harvest zone starting in 2005. Finfish net pens may have a reduced prohibited shellfish harvest zone with an approved integrated multi-trophic aquaculture  management plan starting in 2009).

    Click the Closure Number label on the map, or use the table below
    to view the red outlined shaded SANITARY closures.

    Also check for SHELLFISH BIOTOXIN closures in Area 20.

Chart: Shellfish contamination closure

Temporary Emergency Contamination Closures
Closure 20.cc Sooke River Estuary - Emergency Closure (Revoked - March 2011)
Closure 20.bb Sooke Bay - Temporary Emergency Closure (wastewater treatment plant overflow) (Revoked - January 2011)

Closure 20.1 Sooke Harbour and Sooke Basin
Closure 20.2 Pedder Bay
Closure 20.3Becher Bay
Closure 20.4Port Renfrew (New closure - November 2010)

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