Pursuant to the provisions ofLSA RS 40:5.3, as amended and re-enacted by Act 1 of the First Regular Legislative Session of 1988, and RS 40:5, the Precautionary Closure of Molluscan shellfish waters in Louisiana effective dated December 11, 2015 is hereby rescinded.

Molluscan Shellfish growing areas located in Shellfish Harvest areas 2,3 and 4 shall revert back to the November-February classification effective one­half hour prior to official sunrise, Sunday, February 7, 2016.

This order effective at Yi hour prior to sunrise on the day of February 7, 2016. So ordered this 5th day of February 5, 2016.

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