Conditional Management Plan summary for Lamèque, New Brunswick

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Lamèque (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 6 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 Lamèque is described as follows:

Prohibited

The waters of the Lamèque Bay inside the lines drawn from grid coordinates 47.80072 N, 64.66202 W to 47.78657 N, 64.66098 W to 47.78692 N, 64.63781 W to 47.79523 N, 64.63826 W.

Conditionally restricted

The waters of the Lamèque Bay inside the lines drawn from grid coordinates 47.78893 N, 64.63775 W to 47.79523 N, 64.63826  W.

Conditionally approved

The waters of the Lamèque Bay, inside the lines drawn from grid coordinates 47.77392 N, 64.66326 W  to 47.78594 N, 64.68193 W at Pointe Alexandre and from 47.80072 N, 64.66202 W to 47.78657 N, 64.66098 W to 47.78692 N, 64.63781 W.

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

Shellfish growing area classification map