PA-12-2005

PROCLAMATION

RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Friday, April 1, 2005, the following privately controlled shellfish bottoms as indicated below are closed to the harvest of oysters, clams and mussels:

No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or possess, sell or offer for sale any oysters, clams or mussels taken from the following privately controlled shellfish bottoms:

NAME LOCATION NUMBER

HYDE COUNTY

Donald G. Harris Wysocking Bay 9113

Avner W. Jones Wysocking Bay 9114

CARTERET COUNTY

Herman Bradley Styron Hog Island Bay 684

Larry G. Kellum North River 477

Kenneth J. Brennan North River 9604

Wilbert B. & Terri L. Lawrence North River 647

Wallace Garner Westmouth Bay 65-75

Perry Allen Bayer Newport River 736A

Glendon Avery Newport River 522

Flynn W. Goldston, Jr. Newport River 9205

Raymond T. Graham, Sr. Newport River 317

Raymond R. Gray, Jr. Newport River 887

William T. Jones, Sr. Newport River 739

Levy Lilly Newport River 522-A

Michael S. Payne Newport River 736B

William T. Russell, III Newport River 725A

Ronnie L. Willis Newport River 9203

Joseph Sewell White Oak River 344A

ONSLOW COUNTY

Richard Harold Stukalo White Oak River 9809

Roy M. Prescott Mason Creek 10-C-91, 879

Timmy Edens New River 9109, 864

James Robert English New River 9404

James T. Owens New River 9304

Billy Ray Sanderford &

George I. Floyd New River 744, 746, 751

Robert A. Jenkins Chadwick Bay 01-C-89

Brian Shepard Chadwick Bay 26-C-94

Dennis L. Thompson Chadwick Bay 005-C-89

Donald C. Thompson Fullard Creek 35-C-95

Winston E. Grant Alligator Bay 9807

Lonnie T. Everett, Jr. Mushpot Creek 279

Billy R. Adams Stump Sound 195

William Bullard Stump Sound 493

NAME LOCATION NUMBER

ONSLOW COUNTY (cont’d)

Thurman Davis, Jr. Stump Sound 2001

Jimmie E. Foster Up Going Bay 217

Anthony E. Grant Stump Sound 328

Fred T. Hardison, Jr. Stump Sound 25-67

Raymond B. Howard Stump Sound 631, 642

Hunter Heath Trust & Marshal Dotson Stump Sound 19-C-92

George H. Edens Stump Sound 745

Robert Lewis Stump Sound 906461

George Lowe & Denny Lowe Stump Sound 336

Douglas E. Mayer Stump Sound 630

Jim Moseley & Adrian Kugatow Stump Sound 385

Kenneth Matthew Padgett Stump Sound 641

William Parker Stump Sound 155

Bernice M. Rice Stump Stump 194, 398

Frank Rice Stump Sound 331

James E. Rice Up Going Bay 151, 186

Jim Swartzenberg Stump Sound 334

James A. Yopp Stump Sound 4-C-89

PENDER COUNTY

Allen Katalinic & Ronnie Ottaway Stump Sound 866

Larry J. Batson Deep Creek 222, 614

Waymoth Batts Waters Bay 8804

James M. Blake Ditch Landing Cove 414

Jack Carrell Old Landing 8702

Bobby Edens Old Landing 749

Robert M. Forand, Jr Waters Bay 8402A, 8402B

Hiram Guedalia Old Landing 164

Robert W. Hudson Waters Bay 8403

Richard D. Thomas Waters Bay 432

Jerry Edens Simmons Bay 282

Alton Batts Topsail Sound 440, 770

Samuel J. Corbett, III Topsail Sound 8921

William A. Hewlett & Eddie Horne Topsail Sound 846

William F. Moller Topsail Sound 62-75

Burl Sniff Becky Creek 538

Thomas R. Todd Topsail Sound 8910

John E. Waters, Jr Topsail Sound 9905

GENERAL INFORMATION:

A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221(b); 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103, 3K .0101 and .0104.

B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the Fisheries Director under his delegated authority per N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule15A NCAC 3H .0103.

C. This action is being taken to protect public health and is based on polluted shellfish being relayed on these leases under the Shellfish Management Program of the Division of Marine Fisheries.

D. The shellfish leases listed herein which will contain shellfish relayed from polluted areas must be posted with signs provided by the Division of Marine Fisheries for the closure period indicated.

E. These leases and/or shellfish bottoms will not reopen until recommended by the Division of Environmental Health and under no circumstances prior to June 1, 2005.

March 31, 2005

2:30 P.M.

PA-12-2005

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