South Atlantic 



a. Acres are times 1,000; % is percent of all harvest-limited acreage in state. 



b. Since the same percentage of a shellfish area can be affected by more than one source, the percentages 

 shown above cannot be added. They will not sum to 100. 



30,000 restricted acres for relaying 

 purposes. North Carolina classified 

 1 ,000 additional acres as restricted. 

 Table 1 1 shows classifications by 

 state for 1985 and 1990 in the region. 



Increased sanitary surveys and 

 sampling activities throughout the 

 region resulted in the addition of 

 37,000 conditionally approved acres, 

 the second largest regional gain in the 

 Nation. 



Five of the 17 estuaries with classified 

 shellfish-growing waters had down- 

 grades, five had upgrades, and seven 

 had no change. Approved acreage 

 outside estuaries in NOAA's NEI 

 increased by 31 ,000 acres. Major 

 declines occurred in the Neuse River, 

 the North and South Santee rivers, 

 and St. Helena and St. Catherines/ 

 Sapelo Sounds. Florida's Indian River 

 estuary had the largest increase in 

 classified waters. About 26,000 

 conditionally approved acres and 

 57,000 restricted acres were added to 



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