As industries set up around the Bay, places become contaminated and fishing areas are closed off. It used to be that you could fish anywhere in the Bay. Now, in the Baie de Caraquet, which is adjacent to the Baie des Chaleurs, shellfish harvesting is banned. In the Eel River Bar area, there is a ban on clams, because they are contaminated.
On November 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.