PA-58-2008

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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, July 10, 2008.

All those waters in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the July 6, 2008 temporary closures with the following exception which will remain closed:

CARTERET COUNTY

Oyster Creek - All those waters in Oyster Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth.

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 areas to normal closure boundaries: Newport River, North River, Whitehurst Creek, Sleepy Creek, Jarrett Bay, Brett Bay, and Nelson Bay.

D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.


July 9, 2008
2:00 p.m.
PA-58-2008