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PA-37-2010 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, April 15, 2010. All those waters in New Hanover and Carteret Counties will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the March 30, 2010, temporary closures. 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: All those waters from the ICWW to the mainland between ICWW Marker #134 and Snows Cut, and Whitehurst Creek. D. It should be noted that leases closed on or after APRIL 1, 2010 to allow relaying of shellfish from closed areas, also remain closed. E. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results. DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES |