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PA-8-2008 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 area will take effect at sunrise, Friday, February 8, 2007. New River in Onslow County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the November 20, 2007 temporary closure. 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 waters in the New River upstream of a line beginning on the north shore of New River at Grey Point, running southeasterly to a point on the south shore of New River north of Goose Creek to normal closure boundaries. D. This reopening is due to sufficient time for shellfish to purge and satisfactory bacteriological sampling results have been obtained. February 7, 2008 |