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COLUMBIA – Some Conditionally Approved shellfish harvesting areas in Georgetown and Beaufort counties have been reopened to shellfish harvesting, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.

“The Conditionally Approved shellfish harvesting areas of Jenkins Creek and Battery Creek in Beaufort County, as well as Murrells Inlet in Georgetown County, have been reopened because water quality sampling indicates bacteria levels are safe for shellfish harvesting,” said Mike Pearson, manager of DHEC’s Shellfish Sanitation Program.

For information on Beaufort County shellfish areas, call DHEC’s Region 8 EQC office at (843) 846-1030. For information on shellfish beds in Horry and Georgetown counties, call DHEC’s Region 6 EQC office at (843) 238-4378. For information on shellfish beds in the Charleston area, call DHEC’s Region 7 EQC office at (843) 953-0160.