{"id":16332,"date":"2025-11-19T16:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=16332"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:14:34","slug":"the-virginia-department-of-health-rescinds-shellfishing-harvesting-order-for-a-portion-of-broad-bay-for-shellfish-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/the-virginia-department-of-health-rescinds-shellfishing-harvesting-order-for-a-portion-of-broad-bay-for-shellfish-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virginia Department of Health Rescinds Shellfishing Harvesting Order for a Portion of Broad Bay for Shellfish Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong>: Stephanie Hudson, Eastern Region PIO,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:stephanie.hudson@vdh.virginia.gov\">stephanie.hudson@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><br \/>\n(804) 396-9640<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Virginia Department of Health Rescinds Shellfishing Harvesting Order for a Portion of Broad Bay for Shellfish Harvesting <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RICHMOND, Va.\u2013 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced today that a portion of Broad Bay in Virginia Beach, previously closed to shellfish harvesting on November 10, 2025 due to a release of untreated sewage impacting water quality in the area, will reopen effective Thursday, November 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Testing of shellfish sample collected on 11\/18 indicate the area is now safe for shellfish harvest and consumption, and suitable for reopening.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on shellfish safety, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/environmental-health-services\/shellfish-safety\/\">VDH website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on shellfish closures, see the frequently asked questions on shellfish condemnations at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/emergency-closures\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/emergency-closures\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0# # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, 2025 Media Contact: Stephanie Hudson, Eastern Region PIO,\u00a0stephanie.hudson@vdh.virginia.gov (804) 396-9640 The Virginia Department of Health Rescinds Shellfishing Harvesting Order for a Portion of Broad Bay for Shellfish Harvesting RICHMOND, Va.\u2013 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced today that a portion of Broad Bay in Virginia Beach, previously closed to shellfish harvesting on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":0,"parent":12292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1313,651,1331,1332,182],"class_list":["post-16332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-broad-bay","tag-closure","tag-partial","tag-rescind-reopen","tag-shellfish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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