Description of the 58 Gasparilla Sound Shellfish Harvesting Area

Shellfish Area 2-Digit # & Name: 58 Gasparilla Sound

Map Number(s): 58

County(s): Charlotte, Lee

Brief description of extents: All waters of Gasparilla Sound, Bull Bay, Turtle Bay, and Charlotte Harbor south of the State Road 771 Bridge and mainland shoreline east to Cape Haze, west of a line from Cape Haze Point south to Bokeelia island, and north of Cayo Costa and Bokeelia Islands.

Types of shellfish present: Clam, Oyster

Current classification effective on: January 25, 1996

Description of Management for Closures and Acres:

5802 Gasparilla Sound conditionally approved: Closed when one-day rainfall measured at the Gasparilla Island Water Treatment Plant exceeds 2.76 inches. 25,032 acres.

Gasparilla Sound prohibited: 3,260 acres.