Printer-friendlySpecial Shellfish Closures
Port Jefferson Closure Extended Until September 12
Designation of Shellfish Lands in The State of New York as Temporarily Uncertified For The Harvest of Shellfish
Port Jefferson Closure
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision 13-0307 (1) and (2) and Subdivision 13-0309 (1) of the Environmental Conservation Law and Section 41.4 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and due to the increased potential for the contamination of shellfish lands from the discharge of sewage from marine sanitation devices aboard the large number of boats anchored, and serving as overnight living quarters, in Port Jefferson Harbor, which may result in conditions causing shellfish harvested in the area to be hazardous for human consumption, I, Kenneth L. Koetzner, Shellfisheries Section Head, Bureau of Marine Resources, of the Department of Environmental Conservation, hereby designate the shellfish lands described below as UNCERTIFIED, effective Saturday, September 1, 2007, and continuing through Wednesday, September 12, 2007, both dates inclusive. Accordingly, shellfish may not be harvested from the area described below:
All the normally certified area of the Port Jefferson Harbor Complex, including Conscience Bay and the Narrows.
The area in yellow in Port Jefferson Harbor (The Narrows) will be designated as temporarily uncertified for the harvest of shellfish from Saturday, September 1, 2007 through Wednesday, September 12, 2007.
Sand Hole Closure
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision 13-0307 (1) and (2) and Subdivision 13-0309 (1) of the Environmental Conservation Law and Section 41.4 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and due to the increased potential for the contamination of shellfish lands from the discharge of sewage from marine sanitation devices aboard the large number of boats anchored, and serving as overnight living quarters, in The Sand Hole, which may result in conditions causing shellfish harvested in the area to be hazardous for human consumption, I, Kenneth L. Koetzner, Shellfisheries Section Head, Bureau of Marine Resources, of the Department of Environmental Conservation, hereby designate the shellfish lands described below as UNCERTIFIED, effective on Saturday, September 1, 2007, and continuing through Wednesday, September 5, 2007, both dates inclusive. Accordingly, shellfish may not be harvested from the area described below:
All that area of the Sand Hole (local name), including tributaries, located northerly of a line extending due east from the southernmost point of land which forms the western shore of the inlet to the Sand Hole to the opposite shoreline, on the eastern side of said inlet.
NOTE: For the purposes of this description The Sand Hole is the northerly portion of a tidal lagoon also known as Sand Diggers Cove (local name) and is located on Lloyd Neck, southwesterly of Lloyd Point. The Sand Hole is that area situated northerly and easterly of the sand spit which separates The Sand Hole from the lagoon's inlet to Long Island Sound.
The area in yellow in The Sand Hole (Caumsett State Park at Lloyd Neck) will be designated as temporarily uncertified for the harvest of shellfish from Saturday, September 1, 2007 through Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
West Harbor (Within Oyster Bay Harbor) Closure
Pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision 13-0307 (1) and (2) and Subdivision 13-0309 (1) of the Environmental Conservation Law and Section 41.4 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and due to the increased potential for the contamination of shellfish lands from the discharge of sewage from marine sanitation devices aboard the large number of boats anchored, and serving as overnight living quarters, in West Harbor within Oyster Bay Harbor, which may result in conditions causing shellfish harvested in the area to be hazardous for human consumption, I, Kenneth L. Koetzner, Shellfisheries Section Head, Bureau of Marine Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, hereby designate the shellfish lands described below as UNCERTIFIED, effective on Saturday, September 1, 2007, and continuing through Wednesday, September 5, 2007, both dates inclusive. Accordingly, shellfish may not be harvested from the area described below:
All that area of West Harbor (within Oyster Bay Harbor) including tributaries, lying easterly of a line extending northerly from the northwesternmost point of land approximately 600 yards north of Brickyard Point (on Centre Island) to the westernmost point of the beach pavilion at Centre Island Beach (located on the south side of Bayville Avenue/Centre Island Road) and lying westerly of Centre Island.
NOTE: West Harbor is the local name for that portion of Oyster Bay Harbor located westerly of the Centre Island peninsula.
The area in yellow in West Harbor (Oyster Bay Harbor) will be designated as temporarily uncertified for the harvest of shellfish from Saturday, September 1, 2007 through Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
