Area 16 - Marine biotoxin contamination

Important!

Eating contaminated shellfish can make you very sick. It can even be life threatening. Cooking shellfish does not destroy all biotoxins.

The shellfish you harvest and eat should always come from an open area. When an area is officially “closed,” it is both illegal and unsafe to harvest shellfish from that area. It is your responsibility to know where you are planning to harvest and to find out if the species you wish to harvest is open in that area.

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If the species you wish to harvest is listed as open in the table below, make sure you also check for Sanitary Contamination Closures in this area. These additional closure areas may be in effect when bacteria and viruses are present in the water.

Subareas Open Bivalve Species
16-1 Horse Clam;Geoduck
16-2 Horse Clam;Geoduck
16-3 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-4 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-5 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-6 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-7 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-8 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-9 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-10 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-11 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-12 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-13 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-14 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-15 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-16 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-17 Horse Clam;Geoduck
16-18 Closed to All Bivalve Species
16-19 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-20 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-21 Littleneck Clam;Manila Clam;Mussels;Oysters
16-22 Closed to All Bivalve Species


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Contact us

Elysha Gordon
Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP) Coordinator