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Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN1138-PRECAUTIONARY NOTICE - All Species - Area 19, 20, 121, 123, 23, 124, 24, 125, 25, 126, 26 - Ongoing Vessel Fire Response Operations and Drifting Containers
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is alerting all harvesters about ongoing response operations related to a fire on a container vessel near Victoria at Constance Bank. Air monitoring and hazmat teams are on site and a 1 nautical mile exclusion zone has been established around the vessel while firefighting is ongoing in Pacific Fisheries Management Area 19-3.
The vessel lost more than 100 shipping containers at the entrance of Juan de Fuca on Friday, October 22, 2021. The containers could potentially be found as far north as Cape Scott. Two of the containers contain hazardous material. Any containers or large amounts of debris floating or onshore should not be approached or handled. Efforts by the Canadian Coast Guard to locate the containers are ongoing with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada, and BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. The vessel owner has hired a contractor to salvage the containers.
A Notice to Mariners has been issued to watch for floating debris. Please notify the Canadian Coast Guard’s Regional Operations Center (1-800-889-8852) immediately of the location and type of debris spotted to minimize risk. Further information will be communicated as needed when it becomes available.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN1138
Sent October 29, 2021 at 08:05
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