{"id":10659,"date":"2023-12-19T16:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=10659"},"modified":"2023-12-19T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:46:09","slug":"virginia-department-of-health-closes-a-portion-of-monroe-bay-and-rosier-creek-to-shellfish-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2023-regional-news-releases\/virginia-department-of-health-closes-a-portion-of-monroe-bay-and-rosier-creek-to-shellfish-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Department of Health Closes a Portion of Monroe Bay and Rosier Creek to Shellfish Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, 2023<br \/>\nMedia Contact: Larry Hill, Eastern Region PIO, 757-449-4287,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:larry.hill@vdh.virginia.gov\">larry.hill@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Virginia Department of Health Closes a Portion of Monroe Bay and Rosier Creek to Shellfish Harvesting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND, Va.\u2014 The Virginia Department of Health announced today that Monroe Bay including Mattox Creek in Westmoreland County and Rosier Creek in King George and Westmoreland Counties are closed to shellfish harvesting due to sewage releases. \u00a0Because these waters can be contaminated with pollutants such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses, shellfish taken from the area affected by the emergency closure are currently unacceptable for consumption.\u00a0 The temporary emergency closure is set to be effective from December 18, 2023, through January 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ingesting shellfish taken from the closed areas at this time could cause gastrointestinal illnesses including Norovirus, Hepatitis A and Shigellosis.<\/p>\n<p>A map of the affected area is posted on the Division of Shellfish Safety\u2019s home page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/Shellfish\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/Shellfish\/<\/a>. \u00a0The affected shellfish are filter-feeding bivalve mollusks including oysters and clams, but not crabs or fin fish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, 2023 Media Contact: Larry Hill, Eastern Region PIO, 757-449-4287,\u00a0larry.hill@vdh.virginia.gov Virginia Department of Health Closes a Portion of Monroe Bay and Rosier Creek to Shellfish Harvesting RICHMOND, Va.\u2014 The Virginia Department of Health announced today that Monroe Bay including Mattox Creek in Westmoreland County and Rosier Creek in King George and Westmoreland Counties are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":9835,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10659","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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