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PA-65-2007 PROCLAMATION RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, August 30, 2007. CARTERET COUNTY North River will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the August 28, 2007 temporary closure with the following exception which will remain closed: North River - All those waters in North River north of a line beginning at a point on the west shore at 34° 46' 02.3" N – 76° 37' 03.8" W, running 079° 58' 01" TRUE to a point on the east shore at 34° 46' 16.0" N – 76° 35' 29.6" W. THE FOLLOWING AREAS ALSO REMAIN TEMPORARILY CLOSED: ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES Queens Creek - All those waters in Queens Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. White Oak River - All those waters in White Oak River upstream of the Highway 24 Bridge at Swansboro. Newport River - All those waters in Newport River upstream of the Highway 70 High Rise Bridge and Morehead-Beaufort Causeway, to include all tributaries and Core Creek. GENERAL INFORMATION: A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103 and 3K .0101. B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the N.C. Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103. C. This reopening is due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.
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