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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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Deval Patrick
Governor
Ian Bowles
Secretary

July 20, 2005
MarineFisheries Advisory

MARINEFISHERIES RE-OPENS ADDITIONAL AREAS TO SHELLFISH HARVEST

Effective at sunrise on Thursday, July 21st, areas in the Orleans & Eastham Nauset System (Shellfish Growing Areas OC:2 to OC:6) will re-open to harvest of blue mussels and quahogs. Shellfishing for all other shellfish will remain closed. Re-opened areas classified as CONDITIONALLY APPROVED are open subject to the classification conditions. The following map details the open and closed areas as of July 21, 2005.