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PA-4-2010 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, Friday, January 8, 2010. All those waters in Onslow and Carteret counties will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the November 19, December 3 and December 26, 2009 temporary closures with the following exception which will remain closed: ONSLOW / CARTERET COUNTIES White Oak River - All those waters in White Oak River upstream of the Highway 24 Bridge at Swansboro. 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 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: Stump Sound, New River, Newport River, and Long Bay. E. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results. January 7, 2010 |