Description of the 54 Sarasota Bay System Shellfish Harvesting Area

Shellfish Area 2-Digit # & Name: 54 Sarasota Bay

Map Number(s): 54

County(s): Sarasota , Manatee

Brief description of extents: All waters of Sarasota and Roberts Bays south of the State Road 684 bridge to Anna Maria Key and north of the southern shoreline of Phillippi Creek.

Types of shellfish present: Clam, Oyster

Current classification effective on: September 28, 2004

Description of Management for Closures and Acres:

5402 Sarasota Bay conditionally approved: Closed when one-day rainfall measured at the City of Sarasota Wastewater Treatment Plant exceeds 1.11 inches. 7,987 acres.

Sarasota Bay prohibited: 16,722 acres.