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PA-19-2009 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 April 25, 2009. All those waters in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the April 15, 2009 temporary closures. The following area remains 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.
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 Whitehurst Creek. D. It should be noted that leases closed on or after APRIL 14, 2009 to allow relaying of shellfish from closed areas, also remain closed. E. This re-opening is due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.
April 24, 2009 |