|=======================================================================================================| | OPEN/CLOSED STATUS OF SHELLFISH AREAS FOR HARVESTING | | BIG BEND GULF: From Horseshoe Beach in Dixie County to Citrus County | |=======================================================================================================| | This table of open/closed status was published at 2:30 PM on August 1, 2008 and will remain in | | effect until updated by 2:00 PM or the next day that there is a change in status. | | Check this page today for the open or closed status of areas today and if you check this page after | | 3:00 pm today, it will also identify the open or closed status of areas tomorrow. | |=======================================================================================================| | - Open means an area that is open for harvesting from sunrise to sunset and will remain open until | | closed. | | - Closed means an area that is closed for harvesting and will remain closed until reopened. | | - When the status of areas is changed from open to closed, closures become effective at sunset. | | - When the status of areas is changed from closed to open, reopenings become effective at sunrise. | | - When applicable, this page will identify changes in status, from open to closed and from closed to | | open. | |======================+================================================================================| | STATUS ************* | CONDITIONALLY APPROVED AREAS **************************************************| |======================+================================================================================| | Seasonally Closed | 2502 Horseshoe Beach Conditionally Approved Winter Oct-March | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 2802 Suwannee Sound Conditionally Approved Spring / Summer Area | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 2802 Suwannee Sound Conditionally Approved Winter Area | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Open | 3012 Cedar Key Conditionally Approved Zone A Western portion | | | (Gulf Jackson, Pelican Reef and Derrick's HDLAs) | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Open | 3012 Cedar Key Conditionally Approved Zone A Eastern portion | | | (Dog Island HDLA) | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 3022 Cedar Key Conditionally Approved Zone B | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Open | 3202 Waccasassa Bay (including Corrigan's HDLA) | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 3402 Withlacoochee Bay Conditionally Approved | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 3702 Citrus County Conditionally Approved Winter Area | | | | |======================+================================================================================| | STATUS ************* | APPROVED AREAS ****************************************************************| |======================+================================================================================| | Open | 2501 Horseshoe Beach Approved Summer Area April-Sept | | | | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seasonally Closed | 3701 Citrus County Approved Spring/Fall Area March-June and October | | | | |======================+================================================================================| | STATUS **************| RESTRICTED AND CONDITIONALLY RESTRICTED AREAS *******************| |======================+================================================================================| | CLOSED | 2506 Horseshoe Beach Conditionally Restricted Winter Oct-March | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 2806 Suwannee Sound Conditionally Restricted | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 3006 Cedar Key Conditionally Restricted | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 3206 Waccasassa Bay Conditionally Restricted | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 3406 Withlacoochee Bay Conditionally Restricted | |----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 3706 Citrus County Conditionally Restricted Winter | |----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | CLOSED | 3705 Citrus County Restricted Spring/Fall | |=======================================================================================================| | The open/closed status for the above areas is also available from the shellfish field office in Cedar| | Key by calling 352/543-5181. | |=======================================================================================================| |Industry Notes: | |Weekly FC Test Schedule: | |Red tide samples collected: NA | |Red tide cell counts: NA | |Next scheduled red tide samples: none scheduled | | Cell counts: Cell count refers to the total number of Karenia brevis red tide organisms counted by | | scientists per liter of seawater. Greater than 5,000 cells per liter causes a shellfish harvest area | | to close or remain closed. Mouse units: Information that results from tests run on shellfish. Samples| | testing less than 20 mouse units (<20 MU) are considered non-toxic. Samples testing 20 or more mouse | | units are considered toxic. Reopening a shellfish harvesting area closed to red tide requires test | | results with less than 5,000 cells of Karenia brevis per liter AND less than 20 mouse units. | |=======================================================================================================|

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