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PA-17-2009
PROCLAMATION RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Jeffrey P. Engel, M.D., 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, February 11, 2010. All those waters in Pender and Onslow Counties will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the February 6, 2010 temporary closures with the following exceptions which will remain closed: ONSLOW COUNTY Alligator Bay – All those waters between ICWW Marker #17 and the North Topsail Beach High-Rise Bridge. Freeman Creek – All those waters in Freeman Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. All those waters from the ICWW to the mainland between ICWW Fl. Beacon #49 near Swansboro, and FL. Beacon #59 to include Bear Creek and Queens Creek. White Oak River – All those waters in White Oak River upstream of the Highway 24 Bridge at Swansboro. 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 03H .0103 and 03K .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 03H .0103. C. This proclamation returns the following area to normal closure boundaries: a portion of those waters between Swan Point and Surf City Bridge. D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results. February 10, 2010 |