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PA-7-2009 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, Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The Swanquarter Bay area in Hyde County described below will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the January 16, 2009 temporary closure: HYDE COUNTY Swanquarter Bay - all those waters upstream of a straight line beginning on the east side of Swanquarter Bay at a point at the Swanquarter Ferry Canal entrance; running across the bay to a point on marsh at Cowpen Point. 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 Swanquarter Bay to normal closure boundaries. D. This reopening is due to a sufficient amount of time having elapsed to reduce pathogens that might have been present to acceptable levels. February 16, 2009 |