Conditional Management Plan summary for Tracadie, New Brunswick

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

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 of the sewage discharge.

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 Tracadie is described as follows:

Prohibited

The waters of Ruisseau Sureau Blanc inside a line drawn from 47.484314 N 64.915652 W and 47.483846 N 64.915635 W

The waters of Big Tracadie River inside a line drawn from 47.470936 N 64.903580 W to 47.469857 N 64.903541 W to 47.469745 N 64.911340 W and 47.473348 N 64.912214 W

The waters of Big Tracadie River inside a line drawn from 47.475474 N 64.928165 W and 47.475787 N 64.928814 W

Conditionally restricted

The waters of Ruisseau Sureau Blanc inside a line drawn from 47.479815 N 64.893986 W to 47.484314 N 64.915652 W to 47.483846 N 64.915635 W and 47.478809 N 64.899829 W

The waters of Big Tracadie River inside a line drawn from 47.451970 N 64.934071 W to 47.472962 N 64.927184 W to 47.475474 N 64.928165 W and 47.475787 N 64.928814 W

Conditionally approved

The waters of Big Tracadie River inside a line drawn from 47.480956 N 64.871063 W to 47.478179 N 64.880176 W to 47.478161 N 64.881277 W to 47.479815 N 64.893986 W to 47.478809 N 64.899829 W to 47.470936 N 64.903580 W to 47.469857 N 64.903541 W to 47.469745 N 64.911340 W to 47.473348 N 64.912214 W to 47.472962 N 64.927184 W to 47.456466 N 64.934236 W to 47.449016 N 64.926733 W to 47.452398 N 64.924111 W and 47.479362 N 64.871153 W

Shellfish growing area classification map