Description of the 30 Cedar Key Shellfish Harvesting Area

Shellfish Area 2-Digit # & Name: 30 Cedar Key

Map Number(s): 30

County(s): Levy

Brief description of extents: All waters from Raleigh Island south to Live Oak Key and west to the Natural Resource Boundary, 9 miles offshore.

Types of shellfish present: Clam, Oyster

Current classification effective on: September 28, 2004

Description of Management for Closures and Acres:

3006 Cedar Key conditionally restricted: Closed when four-day cumulative rainfall measured at the Cedar Key Forestry Tower exceeds 3.70 inches. 1,392 acres.

3012 Cedar Key conditionally approved Zone A:. Closed when four-day cumulative rainfall measured at the Cedar Key Forestry Tower exceeds 5.00 inches.  188,154 acres.

3022 Cedar Key conditionally approved Zone B:. Closed when four-day cumulative rainfall measured at the Cedar Key Forestry Tower exceeds 0.81 inches.  2,654 acres.

Cedar Key prohibited: 1,807 acres.