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U.S. CoastGuard Station

Matagorda IslandFish Pond

Big Bayou Spoil Island

SouthLittle Jetty

Grass Island

Farwell Island

DewberryIsland

LongIsland

Turnstake Island ICWW

GrassyIsland

Steamboat Island

South Pass Island

North

South

Hanselman's Bay Club

Matagorda Island Shoreline

First Chain of Islands

Vanderveer Island

ICWW

SM B

SM C

SM D

CM #38

CM #50

State Track 72Well #1

Platform

SM 1

KenyonIsland

Kamey Island

GrassyPoint

Swan Point

Falcon Point Pier

Seadrift

White Building atHopper's Landing

McDowellPoint

Austwell

MarshPoint

WebbPoint

DaggerPoint

Live OakPoint

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

False Live OakPoint

Ayres Point

Panther Point

Cedar Point

Mosquito Point

ICWW

Victoria Barge Canal

Little Bird Island

Big Bird Island

Wellhead

TX 24

TX 25

TX 26

TX 27

TX 16

TPWD ClosedOyster Area

TX 28

STATE HWY 185

STATE HWY 238

Texas Department of State Health Services Seafood and Aquatic Life Unit

Date: November 1, 2020Order Number: MR-1705

Classification of ShellfishHarvesting Areas of

San Antonio and Espiritu Santo Bays

NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES

0 1 2 3 4Nautical Miles

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m th

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of th

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42

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00

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wa

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8.3

89

23

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38

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14

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b

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CO

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PP

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rea

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24:

TX

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tha

t are

a o

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f a lin

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m th

e M

ata

go

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land

sh

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line (L

at. 2

8.2

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88

7° N

, Long

. 96.6

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415

° W

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uild

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t Ha

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an

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ay C

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at. 2

8.2

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28

0° N

, Long

. 96.6

06

000

0° W

) to th

e w

este

rnm

ost

build

ing

on S

outh

Pa

ss Is

land

(Lat. 2

8.2

96

02

80° N

, Long

. 96.6

21

66

70° W

) to th

e s

outh

ea

ste

rn m

ost p

oin

t of la

nd o

n S

team

boat

Isla

nd

(Lat. 2

8.3

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83

30

° N, L

ong

. 96.6

17

52

80

° W) fo

llow

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hore

line a

rou

nd to

the N

orth

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rn m

ost p

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t of la

nd

on

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am

boat Is

land

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8.3

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80

60

° N, L

ong

. 96.6

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60

° W) to

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(Lat. 2

8° 1

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5.0

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on

g. 9

6° 3

7’ 3

9.3

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east e

nd o

f Gra

ssy Is

land

(Lat. 2

8.3

18

58

30

° N, L

ong

. 96.6

32

11

10

° W) fo

llow

ing

the s

outh

we

ste

rn s

hore

line o

f Gra

ssy Is

land

to th

e In

tracoa

sta

l Wate

rwa

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at. 2

8.3

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80

60° N

, Lon

g. 9

6.6

70

00

00° W

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d w

est o

f Pa

ss C

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llo a

nd

north

we

st o

f Ma

tag

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aIs

land

.

TX

25:

TX

25 is

that a

rea o

f Sa

n A

nto

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Ba

y e

ast o

f a lin

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tartin

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m th

e n

orth

ea

ste

rn tip

of R

odd

y Is

land

to th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s F

ish

a

nd

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life S

erv

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(US

FW

S) m

ark

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cate

d a

pp

roxim

ate

ly 1

50

ya

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ou

the

ast o

f the n

orth

ea

ste

rn tip

of R

odd

y Is

land

(La

t. 28.1

74

02

80° N

, Long

. 96

.844

55

60

° W) to

the s

ou

the

rnm

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abin

at A

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s D

ug

out (L

at. 2

8.1

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41

70

° N, L

ong

. 96

.832

389

0°

W)

follo

win

g th

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we

ste

rn s

hore

line o

f the s

poil is

land

s lo

cate

d s

outh

ea

st o

f Ayre

s D

ug

out (L

at. 2

8.1

70

25

80° N

, Long

.96.8

29

47

10° W

), thence

in a

n e

ast-s

outh

ea

ste

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10

deg

ree

s) d

irectio

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the M

ata

gord

a Is

land

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ore

line (L

at.2

8.1

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89

0°

N, L

ong

. 96.8

227870° W

) and w

est o

f a lin

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m th

e M

ata

gord

a Is

land s

ho

relin

e (L

at. 2

8.2

86

88

7° N

, Long

. 96.6

04

41

5° W

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e n

orth

ea

ste

rn m

ost b

uild

ing

at H

asse

lma

n’s

Ba

y C

lub (L

at. 2

8.2

9252

80° N

, Long

. 96.6

06

000

0° W

) to th

e w

este

rnm

ost

build

ing

on S

outh

Pa

ss Is

land

(Lat. 2

8.2

96

02

80° N

, Long

. 96.6

21

66

70° W

) to th

e s

outh

ea

ste

rn m

ost p

oin

t of la

nd o

n S

team

boat

Isla

nd

(Lat. 2

8.3

05

83

30° N

, Long

. 96.6

17

52

80° W

) follo

win

g th

e s

hore

line a

rou

nd to

the N

orth

easte

rn m

ost p

oin

t of la

nd

on

Ste

am

boat Is

land

(Lat. 2

8.3

14

80

60

° N, L

ong

. 96.6

27

05

60° W

) to L

ong

Isla

nd

(Lat. 2

8.3

15

77

80° N

, Long

. 96.6

27

58

30° W

) toth

e e

ast e

nd o

f Gra

ssy Is

land

(Lat. 2

8.3

18

58

30° N

, Long

. 96.6

32

11

10° W

) follo

win

g th

e s

outh

we

ste

rn s

hore

line o

f Gra

ssy

Isla

nd

to th

e In

tracoa

sta

l Wate

rwa

y (L

at. 2

8.3

14

80

60

° N, L

ong

. 96.6

70

00

00

° W)

TX

26:

TX

26 is

defin

ed b

y th

e a

rea

of S

an A

nto

nio

Ba

y th

at is

offs

hore

of th

e c

on

ditio

na

lly a

pp

rove

d a

nd

restric

ted a

reas d

escrib

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a

bo

ve

so

uth

ea

stw

ard

to th

e In

tracoa

sta

l Wate

rwa

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de

d fro

m th

ese a

reas a

re th

e re

stric

ted are

as aro

un

d c

abin

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hou

seb

oa

ts,

su

bd

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an

ne

ls,

and h

arb

or

are

as

describ

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ab

ove

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