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Closed Area for Shellfish Harvesting Upper North Shore
[June 11, 2013]

Closed Area for Shellfish Harvesting Upper North Shore


QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, Jun 11, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Upper North Shore 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-066 Manicouagan: Mistassini river (N-08.1.3) From Mistassini rock to Mistassini point.



If you want to get the latest information concerning shellfish harvesting, please dial one of the following phone numbers: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLEVOIX, NORTH SHORE AND ANTICOSTI LOWER ST-LAWRENCE AND GASPE PENINSULA ISLAND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Saint-Roch-des- From Ile-aux-Coudres Aulnaies to Cap to Baie-Trinite 1-800-463-8558 Gaspe 1-800-463-0607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Baie-Trinite to From Cap Gaspe to Blanc-Sablon 1-800-463-1736 the Matapedia River 1-800-463-4204 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGDALEN ISLANDS 418-986-2095 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/DFO_CCG_Quebec FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Sylvi Racine Senior Communications Advisor Fisheries and Oceans Canada Quebec Region 418-775-0744 SOURCE: Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Quebec Region

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