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<idAbs>&lt;div style='text-align:Left;font-size:12pt'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This dataset provides geospatial polygon boundaries for marine bivalve shellfish harvest area classification in Canada (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec). These data represent the five classification categories of marine bivalve shellfish harvest areas (Approved; Conditionally Approved; Restricted; Conditionally Restricted; and Prohibited) under the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP). Data are collected by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for the purpose of making applicable classification recommendations based on pollution source assessment and water quality survey results. ECCC recommendations are reviewed and adopted by Regional Interdepartmental Shellfish Committees prior to regulatory implementation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). These geographic data are for illustrative purposes only; they show shellfish harvest area classifications that may be superseded at any time by regulatory orders issued by DFO, which place areas in Closed Status, due to conditions such as sewage overflows or elevated biotoxin levels. For further information about the current status and boundary coordinates for areas under Prohibition Order, please contact your local DFO office. / Cet ensemble de données contient les limites géospatiales de la classification des secteurs coquilliers au Canada pour la récolte de mollusques bivalves (Colombie-Britannique, Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nouvelle-Écosse, Québec, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador). Ces données représentent les cinq types de classification des secteurs coquilliers (agréé; agréé sous condition; restreint; restreint sous condition; et interdit) dans le cadre du Programme canadien de contrôle de la salubrité des mollusques (PCCSM). Les données sont recueillies par Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (ECCC) dans le but de formuler des recommandations de classification applicables sur la base des résultats des relevés sanitaires et d’analyse de la qualité bactériologique de l'eau. Les recommandations d'ECCC sont examinées et adoptées par les comités interministériels régionaux des mollusques avant la mise en œuvre réglementaire par Pêches et Océans Canada (MPO). Ces données géographiques ne sont fournies qu'à titre d'illustration ; La classification peut être remplacée à tout moment par des ordonnances légales émises par le MPO, qui placent des secteurs en situation de fermeture, en raison de conditions telles que des débordements d'eaux usées ou des niveaux élevés de biotoxines. Pour de plus amples informations sur le statut actuel et les coordonnées des limites des secteurs faisant l'objet d'une ordonnance d'interdiction, veuillez contacter votre bureau local du MPO.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</idAbs>
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<keyword>Shellfish Areas Classification</keyword>
<keyword>Marine Water</keyword>
<keyword>Water Pollution</keyword>
<keyword>Fecal Coliform</keyword>
<keyword>qualité bactériologique de l'eau</keyword>
<keyword>mollusque bivalve</keyword>
<keyword>cueillette de mollusque</keyword>
<keyword>salubrité des mollusque</keyword>
<keyword>secteur coquillier</keyword>
<keyword>classification des secteurs coquilliers</keyword>
<keyword>eau marine</keyword>
<keyword>pollution de l'eau</keyword>
<keyword>coliformes fécaux</keyword>
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