Environment Canada has a requirement for Marine Water Quality Monitoring/Sampling in Northeastern, New Brunswick as detailed in the Statement of Work, Annex A to the bid solicitation. The period of the contract is from date of contract award to March 31, 2016. Environment Canada required annual bacteriological water quality surveys of bivalve molluscan shellfish growing areas in order to evaluate whether the classified harvest areas continue to meet the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP and (American) National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) classification standards. This requirement requires surveying in selected shellfish growing areas throughout Northeastern New Brunswick.
The CSSP has the primary objective of protecting public health from the consumption of contaminated bivalve molluscan shellfish by controlling harvesting of shellfish in Canada. It is the first point of sanitary control. Under the CSSP, commercially harvested shellfish growing areas require annual review of sanitary conditions and bacteriological water quality sampling at key monitoring stations.
