SWANSBORO – Nearly 1,000 acres of waters off Onslow and Carteret County are among the North Carolina coastal waters that have been closed indefinitely to shellfishing after water quality testing over an extended period showed they failed to meet required bacteriological standards.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries announced the March 1 closing of 2,450 acres of coastal waters to shellfish harvesting, including 134 total acres in Onslow County and about 830 acres in Carteret County.
Of the waters closed in Onslow County, the majority are in the Swansboro area with 93 additional acres of Queens Creek now off-limits to shellfish harvesting.
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