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Paul J. Diodati
Director

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries
251 Causeway Street, Suite 400
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626.1520
Fax (617) 626.1509
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July 8, 2005
MarineFisheries Advisory

MARINEFISHERIES RE-OPENS ADDITIONAL AREAS TO SHELLFISH HARVEST

Effective at sunrise on Friday, July 8th, the waters, flats and all tributaries of those areas out to three miles in Cape Cod Bay from the Wellfleet/Truro town line to the Barnstable/Sandwich town line will re-open to shellfish harvesting, except surf clams, ocean quahogs, whole sea scallops in the shell or with roe-on, and carnivorous snails. The Division of Marine Fisheries has determined that shellfish, except for surf clams (Spisula solidissima), ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) and carnivorous snails, from the belowdefined areas no longer contain biotoxins (PSP) from the phytoplankton Alexandrium (spp) in excess of established standards. The following map details the open and closed areas as of July 8, 2005.