{"id":12265,"date":"2021-09-10T12:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/?page_id=12265"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:03:15","slug":"shellfish-closures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/environmental-health-services\/shellfish-safety\/shellfish-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellfish Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"localitymap\">Select the location of interest by clicking on the city or county on the map or list shown below.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/Shellfish2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shellfish2\" usemap=\"#localitymap\" width=\"590\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/Shellfish2-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/Shellfish2-1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<map name=\"localitymap\">\n<area alt=\"Accomack\" coords=\"428,176,381,233,369,265,392,264,408,281,433,288,447,259,490,170,539,124,489,149,500,129,444,136,414,161,431,163,428,177\" shape=\"poly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/accomack-county\/\" \/>\n<area alt=\"Westmoreland County\" coords=\"108,51,106,71,101,83,112,99,131,103,147,91,173,118,174,130,204,137,230,114,208,86,165,79,146,79,124,62,127,51,116,44\" shape=\"poly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/westmoreland-county\/\" \/>\n<area alt=\"Northhampton\" coords=\"402,370,404,348,422,328,432,296,403,284,389,269,367,269,359,294,358,316,346,342,348,365,348,374,359,398,357,407,364,407\" shape=\"poly\" 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shape=\"poly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-hampton\/\" \/>\n<area alt=\"Poquoson City\" coords=\"259,396,258,385,269,381,281,393,270,399\" shape=\"poly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-poquoson\/\" \/>\n<area alt=\"King George\" coords=\"74,73,64,67,59,68,64,54,53,48,50,54,39,49,44,25,52,24,60,27,83,25,88,17,101,18,109,9,116,18,115,29,105,33,115,42,105,51,103,69,99,79,87,74\" shape=\"poly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/king-george-county\/\" \/> <\/map>\n<h3 id=\"localitylist\">Localities with Shellfish Closures Listed Alphabetically.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/accomack-county\/\">Accomack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-chesapeake\/\">Chesapeake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/essex-county\/\">Essex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/gloucester-county\/\">Gloucester<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-hampton\/\">Hampton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/isle-of-wight-county\/\">Isle of Wight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/james-city-county\/\">James City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/king-george-county\/\">King George<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/king-and-queen-county\/\">King and Queen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/king-william-county\/\">King William<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/lancaster-county\/\">Lancaster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/mathews-county\/\">Mathews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/middlesex-county\/\">Middlesex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/new-kent-county\/\">New Kent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-newport-news\/\">Newport News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-norfolk\/\">Norfolk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/northampton-county\/\">Northampton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/northumberland-county\/\">Northumberland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-poquoson\/\">Poquoson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-portsmouth\/\">Portsmouth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/richmond-county\/\">Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-suffolk\/\">Suffolk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/surry-county\/\">Surry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-virginia-beach\/\">Virginia Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/westmoreland-county\/\">Westmoreland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/city-of-williamsburg\/\">Williamsburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/shellfish-closure-and-shoreline-survey-documents\/york-county\/\">York<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the location of interest by clicking on the city or county on the map or list shown below. Localities with Shellfish Closures Listed Alphabetically. Accomack Chesapeake Essex Gloucester Hampton Isle of Wight James City King George King and Queen King William Lancaster Mathews Middlesex New Kent Newport News Norfolk Northampton Northumberland Poquoson Portsmouth Richmond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":442,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12265","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shellfish Closures - 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\/environmental-health-services\/shellfish-safety\/shellfish-closures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shellfish Closures - Environmental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Select the location of interest by clicking on the city or county on the map or list shown below. 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