Shellfish Management Information for Pine Island Sound #62

Shellfish Area 2-Digit # & Name: 62 Pine Island Sound

Map Number(s): 62

County(s): Lee

Brief description of extents: All waters of Pine Island Sound, Matlacha Pass, and San Carlos Bay. The area includes Tarpon Bay and the Caloosahatchee River west of a line from Piney Point to Jona Point .

Types of shellfish present: Clam, Oyster

Current classification effective on: December 28, 1998

Description of Management for Closures and Acres:

6212 Pine Island Sound conditionally approved Western Section: Closed when three-day cumulative rainfall measured at the "Ding Darling" Wildlife Refuge exceeds 2.72 inches. 37,645 acres

6222 Pine Island Sound conditionally approved Eastern Section: Closed when three-day cumulative rainfall measured at the Burnt Store Wastewater Treatment Plant exceeds 1.88 inches. 6,753 acres

Pine Island Sound Prohibited: 34,073 acres