Notice is hereby given that the salt waters of the state of Georgia from the Georgia-South Carolina state boundary line in the vicinity of the Savannah River navigational channel south to the Georgia-Florida boundary will be closed to commercial and recreational oyster harvest for human consumption effective 6:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 1, 2022 through midnight on Friday, September 30, 2022.
Notice is further given that the salt waters of the state of Georgia from the Georgia-South Carolina state boundary line in the vicinity of the Savannah River navigational channel south to the Georgia-Florida boundary will re-open to commercial and recreational oyster harvest for human consumption effective 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
THIS ACTION IS TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH O.C.G.A. SECTIONS 27-4-195 AND 27-4-197(a) AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES DATED MAY 24, 2022.
MARK WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
BY DOUG HAYMANS, DIRECTOR
COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION
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