Conditional Management Plan summary for Summerside, Prince Edward Island

This document provides a description of the shellfish growing area that is managed under a Conditional Management Plan (CMP) for Summerside (PE). 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 1 hour

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 Dunk River/Summerside Harbour is described as follows:

Prohibited

Read Creek, inside a line drawn from 46.39313 N, 63.74631 W to grid reference 46.39417 N, 63.74354 W.

Summerside Harbour inside a line drawn from grid reference 46.39417 N, 63.74354 W to 46.38487 N, 63.79669 W to 46.38484 N, 63.77965 W to 46.38973 N, 63.77965 W.

All the area within a 550 metre radius of grid reference 46.38700 N, 63.81440 W.

All the area within a 300 metre radius of grid reference 46.39654 N, 63.85201 W.

Restricted

Dunk River inside a line drawn from grid reference 46.35018 N, 63.73437 W to 46.35562 N, 63.72744 W.

Conditionally restricted

Dunk River between a line drawn from grid reference 46.35574 N, 63.76316 W to 46.36024 N, 63.74930 W, and a line drawn from grid reference 46.35018 N, 63.73437 W to 46.35562 N, 63.72744 W.

Bedeque Bay and Summerside Harbour inside a line drawn from grid reference 46.39273 N, 63.88356 W on Ives Point to grid reference 46.37197 N, 63.81088 W on MacCallum’s Point, to grid reference 46.37123 N, 63.80093 W on MacCallum’s Point, to 46.37140 N, 63.78857 W on Holman Island, and a line drawn from grid reference 46.37155 N, 63.78327 W on Holman Island to grid reference 46.38160 N, 63.76486 W Schurman’s Point.

Conditionally approved

Bedeque Bay and Summerside Harbour inside lines drawn from grid reference 46.39273 N, 63.88356 W on Ives Point to 46.37197 N, 63.81088 W on MacCallum’s Point, and a line drawn from 46.35289 N, 63.79153 W to 46.34127 N, 63.80310 W, and a third line drawn from 46.33872 N, 63.81527 W to 46.36092 N, 63.89075 W, and to 46.39273 N, 63.88356 W on Ives Point.

Dunk River between lines drawn from grid reference 46.37123 N, 63.80093 W on MacCallum’s Point to 46.37140 N, 63.78857 W on Holman Island, and a line drawn from grid reference 46.37155 N, 63.78327 W on Holman Island to grid reference 46.38160 N, 63.76486 W Schurman’s Point, and a line drawn from grid reference 46.35574 N, 63.76316 W to 46.36024 N, 63.74930 W.

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

Shellfish growing area classification map