Conditional Management Plan summary for Ladysmith, British Columbia

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Ladysmith (BC). 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 5.75 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 the Ladysmith Shellfish Growing Area subsector is described as follows:

Conditionally restricted

The portion of Ladysmith Harbour inside a line that starts at an unnamed point of land at 48.98283 N, 123.77283 W northwest of Sharpe Point, westerly to a point in water at 48.98367 N, 123.78383 W, northerly to a point on land in Sibell Bay at 48.99283 N, 123.78133 W, following the shoreline along the high water mark to the point of commencement.

The portion of Ladysmith Harbour inside a line that starts at a point of land at Hunter Point at 48.99183 N, 123.78633 W , southwesterly to a point on land on the islet off the westernmost end of the easternmost Dunsmuir Island at 48.99083 N, 123.788 W, following the northern shoreline high water mark of the westernmost Dunsmuir Island to the westernmost point at 48.99317 N, 123.7955 W, easterly to a point in water at 48.9935 N, 123.79183 W, northerly to an unnamed point of land at 48.99667 N, 123.79633 W, and following the shoreline along the high water mark to the point of commencement.

The portion of Ladysmith Harbour inside a line that starts at a point of land at 48.9785 N, 123.79867 W, Northerly to a point in water at 48.98233 N, 123.79617 W, northwesterly to a point in water at 48.98533 N, 123.80067 W, westerly to a point on land at 48.9855 N, 123.80633 W, and following the shoreline along the high water mark to the point of commencement.

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

Shellfish growing area classification map