October 22, 2015 — WILMINGTON, North Carolina — Nearly all of southeastern North Carolina’s waters are now open for shellfish harvesting after heavy rains and floods left most areas polluted earlier this month.

The StarNews of Wilmington (http://bit.ly/1GVKMiM ) reports that bacteria found throughout most waters prompted the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to declare most areas off-limits to oyster harvesting earlier this month, even though harvesting season technically opened Oct. 15.

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