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DFO revises shellfish ban

Published on December 10th, 2008; Published on January 31st, 2010

A ban on shellfishing harvesting in the Annapolis Basin near Digby now excludes scallops. Fisheries and Oceans Canada revised its Dec. 2 closure in an update this morning.

Topics :: Port Wade , Deep Brook , Cornwallis

The closure still includes harvesting of oysters, soft shell clams, razor clams, surf clams, mussels and quahogs, and gastropod molluscs such as whelk, for recreational or commercial purposes.

An overflow at Digby’s sewage treatment facility was blamed for an increase in levels of bacteriological contamination in shellfish.

The area from inside a line drawn from Port Wade to Deep Brook remains open, including the Thornes Cove and Cornwallis areas.

For specific grid references, harvesters are advised to contact DFO.

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