Conditional Management Plan summary for Shediac, New Brunswick

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Shediac (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 for zone A and B

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 Shediac is described as follows:

The conditionally-managed waters of Shediac Harbour and Shediac Bay lie inside of a line drawn from 46.25475 N, 64.56789 W near Shediac Cape, to 46.24381 N, 64.53383 W near Pointe-du-Chêne wharf, to 46.24407 N, 64.51438 W near the west end of Parlee Beach, to 46.24301 N, 64.48497 W near Cap-Brûle, to 46.24210 N, 64.46886 W, to 46.24172 N, 64.45271 W, to 46.24090 N, 64.42071 W, and to 46.23753 N, 64.42070 W at Pointe aux Bouleaux.

The conditionally-managed area described above excludes prohibited areas at the mouth of Scoudouc River, in the vicinity of Pointe-du-Chêne wharf and Lac des Boudreau

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

Shellfish growing area classification map