BIVALVE SHELLFISH HARVESTING: DFO Area 19 Victoria - Sydney

[John Pierce]

BIVALVE SHELLFISH HARVESTING: DFO Area 19 Victoria - Sydney

(Bivalve Shellfish is DFO designation for Clams, Mussels, and Oysters)

DFO REGULATIONS
20200723 DFO closes all Area 19 due to Red Tide, and at Bamberton puts up signs and has officers checking.

DFO AREA 19-1 "VICTORIA HARBOUR - GORGE"



DFO AREA 19-2 "ESQUIMALT HARBOUR"



DFO AREA 19-3 "WILLIAM HEAD - OAK BAY CHINESE CEMETERY"
20191116 DFO says closed to Bivalve Shellfish.
20190414 DFO says closed to Bivalve Shellfish.
20180727 DFO says closed to Bivalve Shellfish.

WITTY'S BEACH

WEIR'S BEACH



DFO AREA 19-4 "OAK BAY CHINESE CEMETERY - CADBORO POINT"



DFO AREA 19-5 "CADBORO POINT - N OF SIDNEY"



DFO AREA 19-7 "NORTH SAANICH INLET"
20191204 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.



DFO AREA 19-8 "MIDDLE SAANICH INLET"
20191204 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.
20191116 DFO says all Area 19 now closed to Bivalve Shellfish.
20190915 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.
20180724 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.

BAMBERTON BEACH
BIVALVE SHELLFISH: RobertMc's favourite spot for clams. There's a freshwater creek that runs in there and the clamming was best around that side of the beach.
LOCATION: Saanich Inlet West Side.
PARKING: Bamberton Provincial Park's east parking lot at beach ~1625 Glen Lane. Lot gated with sign that closed dusk to 8am.
ACCESS: From north end of parking lot, walk 600m down wheelchair accessible path or shortcut down steps to the beach.
FEATURES: By beach are picnic tables, large flush toilets with outdoor shower, accessible pit toilet, tap, garbage cans.
20200712 Sunday, not busy, with spouse JohnP picked 80 mostly Varnish some Littleneck clams at low 4.5ft tide, ate for supper, still gritty.
20200626 JP park in lot on Friday at 12:30pm, very busy, beach at low tide of ~1.1ft, great exposure, lots of picking clamming, took 60 Littleneck Clams (max per license), many people appeared to be way over limit. Also lots of Varnish Clams and further out Cockle Clams, but did not take.
20190406 JP park in lot on Friday at 7:45 (gate already open), only vehicle. Walks to beach at rising medium tide at ~7.3ft, minimal exposed flats. Dug for clams with cultivator in high-intertidal gravelly sand for 1hr, gets 8 Varnish Clams, but returns as not legal to keep by DFO. Note: Water out and main toilets closed.



DFO AREA 19-9 "BRENTWOOD BAY"



DFO AREA 19-10 "GOWLAND TODD"
20191204 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.
20191116 DFO says all Area 19 now closed to Bivalve Shellfish.
20190915 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.
20190404 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.
20181026 DFO says open to Littleneck Clams, Manila Clams, Mussels, Oysters.

MCKENZIE BIGHT
LOCATION: Saanich Inlet East Side (1.2 km walk from Mount Work Regional Park's Ross Durrance Road Parking Lot to Bight).
20210310 Wednesday, not busy, JohnP picked 6 mostly too small Littleneck clams at low 0.6ft tide, could not find more, put back.



DFO AREA 19-11 "LOWER SAANICH INLET"



DFO AREA 19-21 "GOLDSTREAM BAY"