The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has posted its draft integrated geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) management framework on its website.
To view the integrated geoduck management framework, click here.
DFO will accept written comments about it for 45 days following the posting date.
BC Shellfish Grower's Association executive director Roberta Stevenson says this announcement is big news for B.C.'s aquaculture industry, as it should mean the lucrative shellfish can be farmed in the future.