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PA-13-2008 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, February 22, 2008. All those waters in Carteret and Onslow Counties will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the February 13 and 18, 2008 temporary closures with the following exceptions which will remain closed: CARTERET COUNTY 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 (DMF shrimp line). Wards Creek - All those waters in Wards Creek east of a line beginning on the south shore on the impoundment bulkhead at 34° 45' 27.1" N – 76° 35' 10.6" W, running 342° 15' 08" TRUE to a point on the north shore at 34° 46' 16.0" N – 76° 35' 29.6" W (DMF shrimp line). Whitehurst Creek - All those waters in Whitehurst Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. Sleepy Creek - All those waters in Sleepy Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. The following areas also remain temporarily closed: BRUNSWICK COUNTY Shallotte River - All those waters in Shallotte River upstream of a straight line from Bowen Point to Long Point. Lockwoods Folly River - All those waters north of a line beginning on the west shore at a point 33°55.7954’N - 78°13.3096’ W approximately midway between Genoes Point and Spring Creek; running southeasterly to a point 33°55.2284’N - 78°12.7791’ W near the northwest point of Horse Island, to include the open portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way north of Horse Island. 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 proclamation returns the following areas to normal closure boundaries: Queens Creek, Bear Creek and a portion of North River. D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.
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