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PA-111-2008 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 areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, December 6, 2008. All those waters in Brunswick and Carteret Counties will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the November 30, 2008 and December 1, 2008 temporary closures with the following exceptions which will remain closed: CARTERET COUNTY Newport River - All those waters in Newport River upstream of a straight line from Penn Point; thence to a point on the west shore of Harlowe Creek. North River – All those waters in North River upstream of a straight line across the river beginning at the Oyster House on the west shore; thence in a straight line to the north shore of the mouth of Ward Creek. 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: all those waters between ICWW marker #84 and the South Carolina State Line, including the Tubbs Inlet area, a portion of Newport River and a portion of North River. D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results. December 5, 2008
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