Public Notice: Commercial and Recreational Harvest of Oysters for Human Consumption to Close effective 6:00 a.m., Thursday, October 1, 2026, until Conditions Warrant Reopening.

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., Thursday, October 1, 2026, until conditions warrant reopening.

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 September 25, 2026.

Walter Rabon, Commissioner
Georgia Department of Natural Resources

By: [DIGITALLY SIGNED BY DOUG HAYMANS]

Doug Haymans, Director
Coastal Resources Division

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