Shellfish-Closure

There has been an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in our area. That has prompted the recreational and commercial harvesting of oysters, clams and scallops in the southwestern part of the province to be banned.

Closed are the foreshore and waters within 1.6 km of Southern New Brunswick from the Nova Scotia border along the coast of New Brunswick to the United States border and the foreshore and waters within 1.6 km of the Islands of Grand Manan, The Wolves, Bliss, Hills, Frye, Deer and Campobello.

The federal Fisheries Department says the outbreak is caused by naturally occurring toxins derived from plankton.