{"id":12357,"date":"2021-09-30T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/?page_id=12357"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:14:54","slug":"shellfish-harvesting-area-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/environmental-health-services\/shellfish-safety\/shellfish-harvesting-area-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellfish Harvesting Area Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shellfish Harvesting Area Map\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiahealth.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/instant\/basic\/index.html?appid=707ac9f53fef46f986014f23e36ca3a0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Google Earth map layers:<\/p>\n<p>Please click on the image below to download the .kml file for use in Google Earth.\u00a0 These files are the same as the map above but in a different software platform. 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