Summary


The proposed reclassification of the Body B shellfish harvesting area will increase the total size of the conditionally approved areas by 1,612 acres, from 12,440 acres to 14,052 acres, and decrease the size of the prohibited area by 1,514 acres, from 5,144 acres to 3,630 acres. The current management of the Body B shellfish harvesting area is based on local rainfall. Proposed management of the Body B shellfish harvesting area is based on local rainfall. The average closure frequency of the Body B Conditionally Approved Zone 2 is expected to decrease from 1.0 days per month to 0.5 days per month. The average closure frequency of Body B Conditionally Approved Zone 1 is expected to be 4.7 days per month. No previous closure frequency data exists for this new zone. A sanitary survey has been conducted that evaluated current information on pollution sources and bacteriological water quality, and recommends reclassification of the Body B shellfish harvesting area. This amendment places descriptions, references to shellfish harvesting area map numbers and operating criteria for the Body B shellfish harvesting area #78 in the document Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans. These documents are hereby incorporated in subsection 5L-1.003(1), F.A.C. Additionally, this amendment provides illustrations of the Body B shellfish harvesting area classification boundaries in the shellfish harvesting area map #78. This map is hereby incorporated by reference in subsection 5L-1.003(1), F.A.C.