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PA-14-2008 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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately: 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 polluted area: CARTERET COUNTY Newport River Area All those waters south and west of a line beginning at Penn Point thence in an easterly direction across the river in a straight line to Intracoastal Waterway Channel Marker #30; thence following the Intracoastal Waterway to the permanent shellfish closure line near the Chimney on Phillips Island; to include all of Newport River marshes; the Haystacks; Crab Point marshes and the shoreline between Crab Point and Penn Point (See Map). 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 Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103. C. This closure is due to a malfunction at the Morehead City Wastewater Treatment Plant that discharged partially treated sewage into Calico Creek that empties into Newport River in Carteret County.
February 25, 2008 |