FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 31, 2008
Beaufort County shellfish areas reopened
COLUMBIA - The Conditionally Approved shellfish harvesting areas in Beaufort County, which were closed earlier this month due to heavy rainfall, have been reopened, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
“The harvesting areas of Broad Creek, Jenkins Creek and Battery Creek in Beaufort County 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:
Clair Boatwright - (803) 898-4461
E-mail - boatwrc@dhec.sc.gov
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