CLOSURE OF SHELLFISH BEDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
LAND USE MANAGEMENT
Public Notice of the Closure of
Shellfish Beds Dangerous to Health
Pursuant to statutory authority granted
the Department of Environmental Protection appearing
at N.J.S.A 13:1B-4 and 58:24-1 et seq., and to assure
that the public health is not imperiled by the consumption
of shellfish that may be subject to pollution or to
any other conditions which may render shellfish dangerous
to health because of degraded water quality resulting
from the release of sewage from a broken main into
the waters of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, the Department
hereby condemns and prohibits the harvesting of all
shellfish from those State waters previously classified
as Approved and Seasonally Approved in the Barnegat
Bay area, specifically:
All waters of Barnegat Bay south
of the Mathis Bridge (Route 37) to a line from the
northernmost point of land on the mainland located
at the northeastern extent of Laurel Boulevard in
Lacey Township bearing 105 degrees T to the cupola
on Island Beach State Park.
This prohibition shall take effect
immediately and continue until FURTHER NOTICE.
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