Conditional Management Plan summary for Digby, Nova Scotia

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Digby (NS). 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 4 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

The current classification of Annapolis Basin is described as follows:

Prohibited

The portion of Annapolis Basin, inside a straight line drawn from grid reference 44.66352 N, 65.75955 O, to grid reference 44.66363 N, 65.75361 O, to grid reference 44.65851 N, 65.75337 O, and to grid reference 44.65840 N, 65.75792 O near Polly’s Point. 

The portion of Annapolis Basin, inside a straight line drawn from grid reference 44.64871 N, 65.75775 O, to grid reference 44.64877 N, 65.75398 O, to grid reference 44.64531 N, 65.75268 O, and to grid reference 44.64412 N, 65.75641 O near the Admiral Digby.

The portion of Annapolis Basin, Digby Waterfront inside a straight line drawn from grid reference 44.63351 N, 65.75719 O to grid reference 44.63348 N, 65.75321 O, to grid reference 44.61277 N, 65.73849 O near Smith’s Cove, then north east of a line drawn from grid reference 44.61184 N, 65.75443 O to grid reference 44.60711 N, 65.74505 O near Robinsons Point.

The portion of Smiths Cove inside a line drawn from grid reference 44.61098 N, 65.71883 O to grid reference 44.61171 N, 65.71848 O.

Conditionally restricted

The portion of the Joggins inside a line drawn from grid reference 44.61184 N, 65.75443 O, to grid reference 44.60711 N, 65.74505 O near Robinsons Point, then from grid reference 44.60085 N, 65.74378 O at west side of Joggins railway bridge, to the east side at grid reference 44.60092 N, 65.74292 O.  Refer to map Digby 21A/12.

Conditionally approved

The portion of Annapolis Basin, inside a line drawn from grid reference 44.65840 N, 65.75792 O, to grid reference 44.65851 N, 65.75337 O near Polly’s Point, to grid reference 44.61444 N, 65.72341 O, to grid reference 44.61277 N, 65.73849 O near Smiths Cove, to grid reference 44.63348 N, 65.75321 O, and to grid reference 44.63351 N, 65.75719 O.

Excluding the following areas: The prohibited portion of Annapolis Basin, inside a straight line drawn from grid reference 44.64871 N, 65.75775 O, to grid reference 44.64877 N, 65.75398 O, to grid reference 44.64531 N, 65.75268 O, and to grid reference 44.64412 N, 65.75641 O near the Admiral Digby.

The portion of Big Joggins south of a line drawn from grid reference 44.60085 N, 65.74378 O at west side of Joggins railway bridge, to the east side at grid reference 44.60092 N, 65.74292 O and north of a line from grid reference 44.59093 N, 65.75007 O to grid reference 44.59018 N, 65.74888 O.

Please note that the coordinates described above reference the WGS84 geodetic datum.

Shellfish growing area classification map