Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises the public of the re-opening and declassification* of portions of St. Lunaire Bay for the harvesting of all molluscan bivalve shellfish for recreational and commercial purposes in the following areas effective 1800 hours Thursday, March 10, 2022:

Those waters of St. Lunaire Bay that are inside a line drawn from White Dog Point (51.49054 N 55.45900 W) to Persil Cove, South Point (51.46953 N, long 55.47050 W) with the exception of those waters St. Lunaire Bay that remain closed for recreational or commercial purposes as follows:

• That portion of Northwest Bay inside a line connecting the following points: 51.49994 N 55.52749 W, and 51.49721 N 55.53168 W;

• That portion of Northwest Bay inside a line connecting the following points: 51.49318 N 55.52683 W, and 51.49004 N 55.52127 W;

• That portion of St. Lunaire Bay inside a line connecting the following points:51.48538 N 55.50704 W, and 51.47969 N 55.50780 W;

• That portion of Southwest Bay bounded by the shoreline and a series of straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed: 51.47885 N 55.49718 W, to a point at 51.48491 N 55.47784 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.48112 N 55.47853 W, to a point at 51.47897 N 55.47868 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.47371 N 55.47705 W, to a point at 51.47322 N 55.47914 W, then along the shoreline back to the point of commencement.

All other current molluscan bi-valve shellfish closures for White Bay and Green Bay will remain closed for recreational or commercial purposes including the following areas:

• That portion of Southwest Bay bounded by the shoreline and a series of straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed: 51.53752 N 55.46529 W, to a point at 51.53795 N 55.46385 W, to a point at 51.53813 N 55.46033 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.52390 N 55.46037 W, to a point at 51.52379 N 55.46082 W, then along the shoreline back to the point of commencement;

• That portion of Ariege Bay (Belvy bay) bounded by the shoreline and a series of straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed: 51.19536 N 56.00695 W, to a point at 51.19121 N 55.98351 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.17278 N 55.98696 W, to a point at 51.17105 N 55.98893 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.16959 N 55.99101 W, to a point at 51.16981 N 55.99788 W, then along the shoreline to a point at 51.17348 N 56.02098 W, to a point at 51.17429 N 56.02169 W, then along the shoreline back to the point of commencement;

• That portion of Chimney Bay inside a line connecting the following points: 50.84570 N 56.13780 W, to a point at 50.84479 N 56.13898 W, to a point at 50.84392 N 56.15561 W, to a point at 50.84298 N 56.15613 W;

• That portion of Middle Arm inside a line connecting the following points: 49.89757 N 56.46078 W, and 49.89798 N 56.44915 W;

• That portion of Fleur de Lys Harbour inside a line connecting the following points: 50.11698 N 56.12353 W, and 50.11533 N 56.12780 W;

• That portion of Northwest Bay inside a line connecting the following points: 51.56002 N 55.47411 W, and 51.55929 N 55.47909 W.

The closures noted above apply to the following molluscan bivalve shellfish: 

All bivalve shellfish including Arctic wedge calms, Atlantic razor clams, Atlantic surf clams, bay quahaugs, northern propeller clams, ocean quahaugs, softshell clam, Stimpson's surf clams, bay mussels, blue mussel, horse mussels, American oysters, bay scallops, Iceland scallops, purple hinge rock scallop, northern moon snails, waved whelks, Stimpson's whelks, except sea scallops.

More detailed information on these closed areas can be obtained from the nearest DFO office or the following website: 

Check Before you Harvest

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Prohibition Order NTN-2001-003 has been repealed and Prohibition Orders NTN-2022-005, NTN-2022-006, NTN-2022-008, NTN-2022-009, NTN-2022-010 and NTN-2022-011 comes into effect on 1800 hours Thursday, March 10, 2022.

For more information on the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program please consult the following website: Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP)

*The purpose of this re-opening is to declassify the water, which consists of removing a classification assigned to a shellfish sector, and will ensure that the sector becomes unclassified and is therefore no longer subject to CSSP controls such as monitoring. Since this declassified area will no longer be monitored, shellfish should not be harvested from this area for human consumption.