{"id":23640,"date":"2026-08-10T09:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/?page_id=23640"},"modified":"2026-08-10T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:56:59","slug":"shellfish-area-condemnation-022-116","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-safety\/shellfish-closures\/shellfish-area-condemnation-022-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellfish Area Condemnation # 022-116"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-23640\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-23640-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-23640-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-23640-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"condemnation-list panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-23640-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>NOTICE OF RESCISSION OF SHELLFISH AREA CONDEMNATION<br \/>\nNUMBER 022-116, BEACH CREEK<\/p>\n<p>EFFECTIVE 15 DECEMBER 2025<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to Title 28.2, Chapter 8, \u00a7\u00a7 28.2-803 through 28.2-808, \u00a7 32.1-20, and \u00a7 2.2-4002, B.16 of the Code of Virginia:<\/p>\n<p>1. The \u201cNotice and Description of Shellfish Area Condemnation Number 022-116, Beach Creek,\u201d effective 7 November 2022, is rescinded effective 15 December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>2. The boundaries of the area thus reopened for the direct marketing of shellfish for food purposes include all of Beach Creek and its tributaries upstream and inland of a line drawn between latitude\/longitude map coordinate (37\u00b039'54.8\",-76\u00b032'09.6\") and map coordinate (37\u00b039'51.1\",-76\u00b032'07.6\").<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-23640-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-23640\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/cond022-116map-1.png\" width=\"816\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/cond022-116map-1.png 816w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/cond022-116map-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/cond022-116map-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/cond022-116map-1-768x994.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" title=\"cond022-116map\" alt=\"cond022-116map\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-23640-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-23640-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-23640-1-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"widget_text back-button panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-23640-1-0-0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"history.back(); return false;\"><i data-lucide=\"circle-chevron-left\"><\/i> Back<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-23640-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-23640-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-23640-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-23640-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTICE OF RESCISSION OF SHELLFISH AREA CONDEMNATION NUMBER 022-116, BEACH CREEK EFFECTIVE 15 DECEMBER 2025 Pursuant to Title 28.2, Chapter 8, \u00a7\u00a7 28.2-803 through 28.2-808, \u00a7 32.1-20, and \u00a7 2.2-4002, B.16 of the Code of Virginia: 1. The \u201cNotice and Description of Shellfish Area Condemnation Number 022-116, Beach Creek,\u201d effective 7 November 2022, is rescinded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":12265,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shellfish Area Condemnation # 022-116 - Environmental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-safety\/shellfish-closures\/shellfish-area-condemnation-022-116\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shellfish Area Condemnation # 022-116 - Environmental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NOTICE OF RESCISSION OF SHELLFISH AREA CONDEMNATION NUMBER 022-116, BEACH CREEK EFFECTIVE 15 DECEMBER 2025 Pursuant to Title 28.2, Chapter 8, \u00a7\u00a7 28.2-803 through 28.2-808, \u00a7 32.1-20, and \u00a7 2.2-4002, B.16 of the Code of Virginia: 1. 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