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Shellfish harvest area water quality 5
Key results 5
Regional shellfish harvest area water quality 6
Key results 6
Shellfish harvest area bacteriological water quality 7
Key results 7
About the indicators 8
What the indicators measure 8
Why these indicators are important 8
Related initiatives 8
Related indicators 8
Data sources and methods 9
Data sources 9
Methods 10
Caveats and limitations 12
Resources 13
References 13
Related information 13
Annex A. Data tables for the figures presented in this document 14
Table 1. Shellfish harvest area water classifications 11
Figure 1. Percentage of shellfish harvest areas where the water quality was classified as approved or conditionally approved, Canada, 2010 to 2021 5
Figure 2. Percentage of regional shellfish harvest areas where the water quality was classified as approved or conditionally approved, Canada, 2010 to 2021 6
Figure 3. Percentage of shellfish harvest area sites with safe bacteriological levels, Canada, 2010 to 2021 7
Figure 4. Shellfish harvest water monitoring areas, Canada, 2010 to 2021 10
Annex Tables
Table A.1. Data for Figure 1. Percentage of shellfish harvest areas where the water quality was classified as approved or conditionally approved, Canada,... 14
Table A.2. Data for Figure 2. Percentage of regional shellfish harvest areas where the water quality was classified as approved or conditionally approved,... 14
Table A.3. Data for Figure 3. Percentage of shellfish harvest area sites with safe bacteriological levels, Canada, 2010 to 2021 15