BIVALVE SHELLFISH HARVESTING: DFO Area 20 Port Renfrew - Sooke (https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s20-eng.html)
(Bivalve Shellfish is DFO designation for Clams, Mussels, and Oysters)
20191116 DFO says all 20.4 closed.
JORDAN RIVER
Mussel beds
POINT NO POINT
20.5 Sheringham Point Lighthouse past Sooke to William Head20191116 DFO says open
MUIR CREEK
Clive Lane favourite location for Mussels.
20191122 Explored headland on west side of creek at 2/3 low tide, all boulders, no mussels, possible further on.
STOHL ROAD BEACH ACCESS
Location: Park at Stohl Road turnoff on S side of West Coast Hwy, walk west down beach 100m to headlands for Mussels.
PARK-ISLE MARINE BEACH
Location: Park on S side West Coast Hwy, 300m past Park-Isle Marine
ELLA BEACH
Just west of Sooke.
EAST SOOKE TRAIL
Mussels coat lots of the intertidal rocks along beach-accessible parts of the walk
20.6 Lower Sooke Harbour from mouth (line from W Sooke to Sooke Point with new Ocean Cottage Resort) to south side of Billings Spit20191116 DFO says open, except closed north of Whiffen Spit.
WHIFFIN SPIT SOUTH SIDE
Location: Very popular spit - park 3 km south of Sooke in middle of Sooke Harbour.
Access: Very popular parking lot at east end, easy walking trail on spit.
20.7 Upper Sooke Harbour from north side of Billings Spit to end of Harbour20191116 DFO says open, except closed north of Whiffen Spit.
ROCHE COVE
Oysters
SOOKE RIVER FLATS
Location: 500m to south of Sooke River.
Access: From Billings Spit or from Cooper's Cove Oyster Farm on Belvista Place.
20191123 JochenM says area has lots of clams and mussels on the gravel and mud banks.