FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 8, 2006
Some Beaufort County shellfish beds temporarily closed
COLUMBIA – Conditionally approved shellfish beds in Beaufort County have been closed to harvest due to excessive rainfall, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“These closures are temporary and are the result of the nearly two inches of rain Hilton Head and Port Royal received on Tuesday,” said Charles Newell, manager of DHEC’s Shellfish Sanitation Section.
The following conditionally approved shellfish beds have been temporarily closed:
- Portions of Broad Creek at Hilton Head
- Portions of Battery Creek near Beaufort and Port Royal
- Jenkins Creek, Warsaw Flats and adjacent areas near Ladies, Warsaw and Polawana islands
For information about shellfish harvesting areas in the Beaufort area, contact DHEC’s Region 8 Environmental Quality Control office in Burton at (843) 846-1030. For information about beds in the Georgetown County area, contact DHEC’s Region 6 EQC office in Myrtle Beach at (843) 238-4378. For information about Charleston area beds, contact DHEC’s Region 7 EQC office in North Charleston at (843) 740-1590.
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For more information:
Adam Myrick – (803) 898-4461
E-mail – myrickar@dhec.sc.gov
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