Description of the 42 Boca Ciega Bay System Shellfish Harvesting Area

Shellfish Area 2-Digit # & Name: 42 Boca Ciega Bay

Map Number(s): 42

County(s): Pinellas, Hillsborough

Brief description of extents: All waters of Boca Ciega and Tampa Bays south of the State Road 682 (Pinellas Bayway) bridge and the Pinellas Peninsula , north of the Mullet Key channel, and west of a line from ICWW marker 8 to Cut A Channel marker 3A.

Types of shellfish present: Clam, Oyster

Current classification effective on: September 28, 2004

Description of Management for Closures and Acres:

4202 Boca Ciega Bay conditionally approved: Closed when one-day rainfall measured at the City of St. Petersburg Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant exceeds 3.01 inches. 14,934 acres.

Boca Ciega Bay prohibited: 4,921 acres.