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PA-20-2008
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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, March 21, 2008. All those waters in Newport River in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the February 25, 2008 temporary closure. Also, portions of those waters in Brunswick County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to March 16, 2008 temporary closures with the following exception which will remain closed: Brunswick County All those waters between ICWW marker “89” and the South Carolina State Line. 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 area to normal closure boundaries: Shallotte River, Lockwoods Folly River and Newport River. D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results in both water and shellfish meats.
March 20, 2008 |