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Designated Shellfish Growing Areas - Current as of July 1, 2000
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Click on either PDF or GIF in the table below to view a map in either of those formats. PDF files require external software to view, which can be downloaded for free. These maps depict how the growing area is classified as of July 1, 2000, and where sampling stations are located. For the most current classification information, contact your local city or town shellfish constable or DMF's Shellfish Project.
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| BUZZARDS BAY |
| Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| BB1 |
Westport South Coastal |
16,934.36 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB2 |
Richmond Pond |
46.43 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB3 |
West Branch Westport River |
1,425.35 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB4 |
East Branch Westport River |
1,972.52 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| BB5 |
Little Beach Coastal |
6,682.67 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB6 |
Allens Pond |
197.08 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB7 |
Dartmouth Center Coastal |
4,513.03 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB8 |
Slocums River |
465.69 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB9 |
Little River |
115.5 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB10 |
Smith Neck South Coastal |
3,965.94 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB11 |
Dartmouth East Coastal |
6,796.40 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB12 |
Apponagansett Bay |
681.18 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB13 |
Clark Cove |
1,214.55 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB14 |
New Bedford East Coastal |
9,333.90 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB15 |
New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor |
4,710.25 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| BB16 |
Fairhaven South Coastal |
4,883.75 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB17 |
West Island South |
568.27 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB18 |
West Island North |
371.42 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB19 |
West Island East Coastal |
11,581.32 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB20 |
Fairhaven East Coastal |
4,726.47 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB21 |
Nasketucket Bay |
1,543.21 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB22 |
Little Bay |
299 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB23 |
Brandt Island Cove |
137.94 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB24 |
Mattapoisett South Coastal |
2,586.33 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB25 |
Mattapoisett Harbor |
1,940.67 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB26 |
Mattapoisett River |
31.03 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB27 |
Eel Pond |
26.88 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB28 |
North Buzzards Bay |
9,666.06 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB29 |
Point Connett |
121.92 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB30 |
Hiller Cove |
60.41 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB31 |
Aucoot Cove |
325.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB32 |
Sippican Harbor |
1,811.40 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB33 |
Stony Point Dike |
5,018.70 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB34 |
Wings Cove |
203.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB35 |
Weweantic River |
504.15 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB36 |
Wareham River |
894.71 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB37 |
Little Harbor/Bourne Cove |
153.87 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB38 |
Wings Neck North |
2,043.13 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB39 |
Widow Cove |
265.07 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB40 |
Onset Bay |
754.02 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB41 |
Sunset Cove |
97.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB42 |
East River System |
113.04 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB43 |
Fisherman Cove |
384.98 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB44 |
Buttermilk Bay |
532.41 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB45 |
Cape Cod Canal |
750.95 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB46 |
Phinneys Harbor |
735.71 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB47 |
Back River/Eel Pond |
96.07 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB48 |
Pocasset River |
33.36 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB49 |
Pocasset And Red Brook Harbors |
1,412.04 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB50 |
Megansett Harbor |
1,049.18 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB51 |
North Falmouth Outer Harbor |
4,839.54 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB52 |
Wild Harbor/Wild Harbor River |
110.48 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB53 |
Herring Brook |
7.45 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB54 |
West Falmouth Harbor |
201.84 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB55 |
Falmouth West Coastal |
12,188.04 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB56 |
Great Sippiwisset Marsh |
29.98 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB57 |
Little Sippiwisset Marsh |
15.06 |
PDF |
GIF |
| BB58 |
Quissett Harbor |
113.71 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CAPE COD BAY |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| CCB1 |
Herring Cove/Long Point |
18,675.73 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB2 |
Hatches Harbor |
152.94 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB3 |
Provincetown Outer Harbor |
5,465.15 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB4 |
Provincetown Inner Harbor |
5,017.79 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB5 |
The Breakwater |
131.49 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB6 |
Truro West Coastal |
9,155.46 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB7 |
Pamet River |
90.2 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB8 |
Wellfleet West Coastal |
13,983.48 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB9 |
Eastham West Coastal |
18,285.20 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB10 |
Hatches Creek |
10.14 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB11 |
Wellfleet Harbor |
5,149.74 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB12 |
Herring River |
208.04 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB13 |
Wellfleet Inner Harbor |
247.42 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB14 |
Loagy Bay |
572.74 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB15 |
Herring River |
38.15 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB16 |
Boat Meadow River |
35.28 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB17 |
Orleans North Coastal |
3,260.70 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB18 |
Rock Harbor |
9.56 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB19 |
Little Namskaket Creek |
3.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB20 |
Brewster North Coastal |
10,765.57 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB21 |
Namskaket Creek |
22.34 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB22 |
Stony Brook |
4.61 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB23 |
Dennis North Coastal |
15,046.56 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB24 |
Quivett Creek |
15.8 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB25 |
Sesuit Harbor |
43.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB26 |
Yarmouth North Coastal |
3,900.96 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB27 |
Chase Garden Creek |
105.96 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB28 |
Bass Creek & Lone Tree Creek |
29.37 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB29 |
Mill Creek & Short Wharf Creek |
62.15 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB30 |
Barnstable North Coastal |
13,830.37 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB31 |
Barnstable Harbor |
2,092.28 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB32 |
Barnstable Inner Harbor |
27.6 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB33 |
Barnstable Marshes |
181.18 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB34 |
Scorton Creek |
169.4 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB35 |
Sandwich North Coastal |
14,986.32 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB36 |
Scorton Harbor |
26.18 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB37 |
Sandwich Harbor |
87.66 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB38 |
Bourne North Coastal |
2,832.91 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB39 |
Plymouth South Coastal |
18,918.48 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB40 |
Ellisville Harbor |
7.53 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB41 |
Plymouth North Coastal |
23,067.11 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB42 |
Plymouth Harbor |
3,824.55 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB43 |
Kingston Bay |
1,252.34 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB44 |
Jones River |
65.88 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB45 |
Duxbury Bay |
4,618.84 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB46 |
Bluefish River |
93.69 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB47 |
Back River |
404.54 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB48 |
Northwest Cape Cod Bay |
49,951.42 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB49 |
Northeast Cape Cod Bay |
51,548.30 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB50 |
Southeast Cape Cod Bay |
61,696.90 |
PDF |
GIF |
| CCB51 |
Southwest Cape Cod Bay |
52,773.46 |
PDF |
GIF |
| ELIZABETHAN ISLANDS |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| E1 |
Naushon Island West Coastal |
19,906.16 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E2 |
Hadleys Harbor |
171.52 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E3 |
Northwest Gutter |
45.76 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E4 |
Gosnold West Coastal |
25,664.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E5 |
Robinsons Hole |
257.97 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E6 |
Quicks Hole |
594.6 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E7 |
Quicks Hole Pond |
79.14 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E8 |
Cuttyhunk Harbor |
409.7 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E9 |
Cuttyhunk Pond |
105.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E10 |
Westend Pond |
37.14 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E11 |
Gosnold East Coastal |
23,178.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E12 |
Naushon East Coastal |
10,915.93 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E13 |
Tarpaulin Cove |
223.48 |
PDF |
GIF |
| E14 |
Lackeys Bay |
253.29 |
PDF |
GIF |
| GREATER BOSTON HARBOR |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| GBH1 |
Hingham And Hull Bays |
8,838.48 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| GBH2 |
Quincy Bay |
6,854.25 |
PDF |
GIF |
| GBH3 |
Neponset Riv & Dorchester Bay |
5,061.83 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| GBH4 |
Boston Inner Harbor |
2,208.68 |
PDF |
GIF |
| GBH5 |
North Boston Harbor |
2,255.32 |
PDF |
GIF |
| GBH6 |
Boston Outer Harbor |
5,512.18 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MASSACHUSETTS BAY |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| MB1 |
Duxbury Beach |
13,548.56 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB2 |
Marshfield East Coastal |
9,820.27 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB3 |
Green Harbor |
50.25 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB4 |
Scituate South Coastal |
13,419.65 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB5 |
North River |
556.23 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB6 |
South River |
463.76 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB7 |
Scituate Harbor |
206.23 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB8 |
Scituate North Coastal |
13,669.98 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB9 |
Cohasset North Coastal |
10,650.47 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB10 |
Cohasset Harbor |
669.8 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB11 |
Little Harbor |
156.75 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB12 |
Nantasket Beach |
6,200.75 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB13 |
Outer Boston Harbor Islands |
12,812.14 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MB14 |
Massachusetts Bay |
69,699.63 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MOUNT HOPE BAY |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| MHB1 |
Mount Hope Bay |
1,568.54 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MHB2 |
Taunton River |
3,615.00 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| MHB3 |
Lee River |
347.21 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MHB4 |
Cole River |
689.59 |
PDF |
GIF |
| MHB5 |
Palmer River |
161.54 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NORTH SHORE |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| N1 |
Salisbury Beach |
9,377.86 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N2 |
Merrimack River |
2,745.82 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| N3 |
Plum Island |
17,481.26 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N4 |
Plum Island Sound |
3,834.39 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| N5 |
Ipswich River |
387.43 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N6 |
Cranes Beach |
4,870.52 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N7 |
Essex Bay |
2,052.21 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| N8 |
Coffins Beach |
2,693.56 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N9 |
Annisquam Riv. Gloucester Hbr |
2,451.32 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N10 |
Outer North Gloucester |
8,709.34 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N11 |
Rockport |
32,104.52 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N12 |
Good Harbor Beach |
2,728.26 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N13 |
Eastern Point |
7,651.35 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N14 |
Magnolia |
6,019.62 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N15 |
Manchester |
11,567.31 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N16 |
Beverly |
4,100.27 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N17 |
Danvers River |
1,347.81 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N18 |
Salem Harbor |
935.13 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N19 |
Folger/Peaches Point |
8,316.08 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N20 |
Marblehead Harbor |
489.39 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N21 |
Marblehead |
11,018.20 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N22 |
Swampscott |
6,131.41 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N23 |
Lynn |
3,394.47 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N24 |
Nahant Bay |
3,001.30 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N25 |
Nahant Harbor |
7,340.78 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N26 |
Lynn Hbr & Saugus/Pines Rivers |
5,936.95 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| N27 |
Winthrop Beach |
4,396.22 |
PDF |
GIF |
| N28 |
Deer Island |
6,997.07 |
PDF * |
GIF |
| NANTUCKET SOUND |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| NS1 |
Nantucket Sound Ne Center |
39,452.48 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NS2 |
Nantucket Sound Se Center |
45,729.94 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NS3 |
Nantucket Sound Sw Center |
31,809.89 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NS4 |
Nantucket Sound Nw Center |
33,597.25 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NANTUCKET |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| NT1 |
Nantucket Northeast Coastal |
20,719.08 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT2 |
Nantucket Harbor West |
1,440.90 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT3 |
Nantucket Harbor East |
1,630.96 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT4 |
Polpis Harbor |
193.65 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT5 |
Head Of The Harbor |
1,806.01 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT6 |
Coskata Pond |
52.61 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT7 |
Nantucket East Coastal |
20,966.83 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT8 |
Nantucket Southeast Coastal |
30,887.87 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT9 |
Sesachacha Pond |
270.77 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT10 |
Nantucket Southwest Coastal |
17,748.09 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT11 |
Madaket Harbor |
962.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT12 |
Nantucket Northwest Coastal |
13,328.78 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT13 |
Tuckernuck Island |
22,220.34 |
PDF |
GIF |
| NT14 |
Muskeget Island |
25,276.66 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OUTER CAPE COD |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| OC1 |
Nauset Beach South Coastal |
51,478.13 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC2 |
Nauset Harbor |
359.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC3 |
Mill Pond |
86.07 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC4 |
Town Cove |
416.16 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC5 |
Nauset Marsh |
559.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC6 |
Salt Pond |
22.39 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC7 |
Nauset Beach North Coastal |
10,846.86 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC8 |
Wellfleet East Coastal |
14,149.00 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC9 |
Truro East Coastal |
32,480.68 |
PDF |
GIF |
| OC10 |
Provincetown North Coastal |
19,315.36 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SOUTH CAPE COD |
Code |
Growing Area Name |
Acres |
Image Format |
| SC1 |
Woods Hole West Coastal |
450.96 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC2 |
Great Harbor |
288.49 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC3 |
Woods Hole Outer Harbor |
2,348.65 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC4 |
Little Harbor |
74.82 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC5 |
South Falmouth Coastal |
3,459.74 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC6 |
Oyster Pond |
65.98 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC7 |
Salt Pond |
60.68 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC8 |
East Falmouth Coastal |
6,479.31 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC9 |
Falmouth Inner Harbor |
33.3 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC10 |
Little Pond |
42.91 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC11 |
Great Pond |
274.62 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC12 |
Green Pond |
136.55 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC13 |
Bournes Pond |
152.93 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC14 |
Eel Pond |
243.98 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC15 |
Waquoit Bay |
1,035.58 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC16 |
Little & Great Rivers Complex |
302.74 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC17 |
Mashpee South Coastal |
10,115.07 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC18 |
Barnstable South Coastal |
26,816.30 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC19 |
Popponesset Bay |
458.36 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC20 |
Mashpee River & Shoestring Bay |
257.43 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC21 |
Cotuit Bay |
584.03 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC22 |
West Bay |
332.07 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC23 |
North Bay |
391.8 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC24 |
East Bay & Centerville River |
157.14 |
PDF |
GIF |
| SC25 |
Bumps River |
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