Conditional Management Plan summary for Caraquet, New Brunswick

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Caraquet (NB). It also describes the detection, notification and response (DNR) times needed for parties to fulfill their CMP roles when sewage is discharged from the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) system. 

Detection, notification and response

The time taken for a sewage discharge to be detected, and for stakeholders and authorities to receive notification of the discharge is:

• within 2 hours

The time taken for federal authorities to respond to the sewage discharge by officially closing an affected shellfish area is:

• within 1 business day of receiving notification

Area classification description

Shellfish harvest areas near the WWTP are divided into zones based on how intermittent sewage discharge from the WWTP will impact the sanitary quality of the water.  Harvesting activities in these zones are classified as either:

• prohibited
• restricted
• conditionally restricted
• conditionally approved

Description of the zone

The area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan in the Baie de Caraquet is described as follows:

The waters of the Baie de Caraquet inside the lines drawn from grid coordinates: 47.77389 N / 65.04650 W to 47.78107 N / 65.05777 W to 47.80217 N / 64.93727 W to 47.82345 N / 64.93813 W to 47.82399 N / 64.90475 W to 47.82072 N / 64.90180 W to 47.81208 N / 64.89396 W to 47.80931 N / 64.87340 W to 47.81109 N / 64.86072 W to 47.82214 N / 64.79821 W to

The area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan described above excludes the prohibited zones located along the coastline at Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage, Caraquet and Bas-Caraquet near the wharves and the wastewater system outlets.

Please note that the coordinates described above reference the WGS 84 geodetic datum.

Shellfish growing area classification map