FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 18, 2007
Some Beaufort County shellfish areas reopened
COLUMBIA – The Conditionally Approved shellfish harvesting areas in Battery Creek and Jenkins Creek have been reopened, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
“The areas have been reopened because water quality sampling indicates bacteria levels are now safe for shellfish harvesting,” said Mike Pearson, manager of DHEC’s Shellfish Sanitation Program.
For information on other Beaufort County shellfish areas, call DHEC’s Region 8 Environmental Quality Control office at (843) 846-1030. For information on shellfish beds in Horry and Georgetown counties, call DHEC’s Region 6 EQC office at (843) 238-4378. For information on shellfish beds in the Charleston area, call DHEC’s Region 7 EQC office at (843) 953-0160.
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For more information:
Adam Myrick – (803) 898-3884
E-mail – myrickar@dhec.sc.gov
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