Daily Open/Closed Status and Maps

• Daily Open/Closed Status
• Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Map #28A (Spring/Summer) [ 482.8 kB ] Spring/Summer Months: February–May, September
• Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Map #28B (Winter) [ 545.8 kB ] Winter Months: October–January

Area Information

• 2-Digit Number & Name: 28 Suwannee Sound
• Map Number(s): 28A, 28B
• County(s): Dixie, Levy
• Boundaries: All waters from a pole on the shoreline north of Bumblebee Creek at ^o29.3651 ^o83.1905 south to Raleigh Island and west to the Natural Resource Boundary, 9 miles offshore
• Types of Shellfish: Clam, Oyster
• Current Survey Date: February 21, 2018

Description of Management for Closures and Acres

Spring/Summer (February-May, and September)

2802 Suwannee Sound Conditionally Approved

Closed when Suwannee River stage at Manatee Springs State Park two day previous exceeds 4.45 feet.

Acres: 70,619

Suwannee Sound Prohibited

Acres: 26,252

Winter (October-January)

2812 Suwannee Sound Conditionally Approved

Closed when one-day rainfall recorded at the Cedar Key Forestry Tower, Rosewood, FL, exceeds 0.43 inches or when the Suwannee River stage recorded at Manatee Springs Park one day previous exceeds 3.80 feet.

Acres: 69,767

Suwannee Sound Prohibited

Acres: 27,104