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Atlantic Shellfish Area Classification Inventory, 1991. J.R. Machell, A.S. Menon. November 1991. 17 pp.

The Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CCSP) was developed in 1925 under the Canadian Fish Inspection Act as a measure directed at the outbreak of typhoid fever which resulted from the consumption of contaminated oysters. As a result of this act, a formal agreement was entered into between the governments of Canada and the United States on April 30, 1948 dealing with sanitary practices prevailing in the shellfish industries of both countries. This practice includes the requirement for the continuing evaluation of the level of contamination in the water overlaying shellfish growing areas and their classification as to sanitary quality. This resource is an inventory intended to provide a summary of the classification status of growing area waters in the four Atlantic Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland) for the year 1991. This document also provides a review of the total area under surveillance by the program and a measure of trends in the classification from year to year.

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