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August 31, 2009
   
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  Designated Shellfish Growing Areas - Current as of July, 2009  
 
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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 areas were classified as of July, 2009.  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   17,033 PDF GIF
BB2 Richmond Pond         54 PDF GIF
BB3 West Branch Westport River     1,381 PDF GIF
BB4 East Branch Westport River     1,959 PDF * GIF
BB5 Little Beach Coastal     6,531 PDF GIF
BB6 Allens Pond       187 PDF GIF
BB7 Dartmouth Center Coastal     4,528 PDF GIF
BB8 Slocums River       467 PDF GIF
BB9 Little River       117 PDF GIF
BB10 Smith Neck South Coastal     3,977 PDF GIF
BB11 Dartmouth East Coastal     6,873 PDF GIF
BB12 Apponagansett Bay       672 PDF GIF
BB13 Clark Cove     1,198 PDF GIF
BB14 New Bedford East Coastal     9,279 PDF GIF
BB15 New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor     4,671 PDF * GIF
BB16 Fairhaven South Coastal     4,811 PDF GIF
BB17 West Island South       566 PDF GIF
BB18 West Island North       386 PDF GIF
BB19 West Island East Coastal   11,677 PDF GIF
BB20 Fairhaven East Coastal     4,693 PDF GIF
BB21 Nasketucket Bay     1,534 PDF GIF
BB22 Little Bay       313 PDF GIF
BB23 Brandt Island Cove       142 PDF GIF
BB24 Mattapoisett South Coastal     2,597 PDF GIF
BB25 Mattapoisett Harbor     1,989 PDF GIF
BB26 Mattapoisett River         30 PDF GIF
BB27 Eel Pond         21 PDF GIF
BB28 North Buzzards Bay     9,319 PDF GIF
BB29 Point Connett       135 PDF GIF
BB30 Hiller Cove         58 PDF GIF
BB31 Aucoot Cove       324 PDF GIF
BB32 Sippican Harbor     1,814 PDF GIF
BB33 Stony Point Dike     5,006 PDF GIF
BB34 Wings Cove       210 PDF GIF
BB35 Weweantic River       540 PDF GIF
BB36 Wareham River       915 PDF GIF
BB37 Little Harbor/Bourne Cove       164 PDF GIF
BB38 Wings Neck North     2,024 PDF GIF
BB39 Widow Cove       261 PDF GIF
BB40 Onset Bay       733 PDF GIF
BB41 Sunset Cove       110 PDF GIF
BB42 East River System       113 PDF GIF
BB43 Fisherman Cove       386 PDF GIF
BB44 Buttermilk Bay       514 PDF GIF
BB45 Cape Cod Canal       750 PDF GIF
BB46 Phinneys Harbor       721 PDF GIF
BB47 Back River/Eel Pond         99 PDF GIF
BB48 Pocasset River         34 PDF GIF
BB49 Pocasset And Red Brook Harbors     1,374 PDF GIF
BB50 Megansett Harbor     1,021 PDF GIF
BB51 North Falmouth Outer Harbor     5,059 PDF GIF
BB52 Wild Harbor/Wild Harbor River       107 PDF GIF
BB53 Herring Brook           7 PDF GIF
BB54 West Falmouth Harbor       179 PDF GIF
BB55 Falmouth West Coastal   12,219 PDF GIF
BB56 Great Sippiwisset Marsh         30 PDF GIF
BB57 Little Sippiwisset Marsh         15 PDF GIF
BB58 Quissett Harbor       113 PDF GIF
CAPE COD BAY
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
CCB1 Herring Cove/Long Point   18,794 PDF GIF
CCB2 Hatches Harbor         82 PDF GIF
CCB3 Provincetown Outer Harbor     5,461 PDF GIF
CCB4 Provincetown Inner Harbor     5,065 PDF GIF
CCB5 The Breakwater       143 PDF GIF
CCB6 Truro West Coastal     9,035 PDF GIF
CCB7 Pamet River         52 PDF GIF
CCB8 Wellfleet West Coastal   14,438 PDF GIF
CCB9 Eastham West Coastal   17,625 PDF GIF
CCB10 Hatches Creek           2 PDF GIF
CCB11 Wellfleet Harbor     5,169 PDF GIF
CCB12 Herring River       209 PDF GIF
CCB13 Wellfleet Inner Harbor       211 PDF GIF
CCB14 Loagy Bay       381 PDF GIF
CCB15 Herring River         29 PDF GIF
CCB16 Boat Meadow River         24 PDF GIF
CCB17 Orleans North Coastal     3,238 PDF GIF
CCB18 Rock Harbor           8 PDF GIF
CCB19 Little Namskaket Creek           4 PDF GIF
CCB20 Brewster North Coastal   10,677 PDF GIF
CCB21 Namskaket Creek         12 PDF GIF
CCB22 Stony Brook           8 PDF GIF
CCB23 Dennis North Coastal   15,039 PDF GIF
CCB24 Quivett Creek         16 PDF GIF
CCB25 Sesuit Harbor         41 PDF GIF
CCB26 Yarmouth North Coastal     3,919 PDF GIF
CCB27 Chase Garden Creek         98 PDF GIF
CCB28 Bass Creek & Lone Tree Creek         30 PDF GIF
CCB29 Mill Creek & Short Wharf Creek         37 PDF GIF
CCB30 Barnstable North Coastal   13,769 PDF GIF
CCB31 Barnstable Harbor     2,131 PDF GIF
CCB32 Barnstable Inner Harbor         22 PDF GIF
CCB33 Barnstable Marshes       204 PDF GIF
CCB34 Scorton Creek       147 PDF GIF
CCB35 Sandwich North Coastal   14,904 PDF GIF
CCB36 Scorton Harbor         33 PDF GIF
CCB37 Sandwich Harbor         77 PDF GIF
CCB38 Bourne North Coastal     2,848 PDF GIF
CCB39 Plymouth South Coastal   18,950 PDF GIF
CCB40 Ellisville Harbor           8 PDF GIF
CCB41 Plymouth North Coastal   23,210 PDF GIF
CCB42 Plymouth Harbor     3,754 PDF GIF
CCB43 Kingston Bay     1,294 PDF GIF
CCB44 Jones River         66 PDF GIF
CCB45 Duxbury Bay     4,644 PDF GIF
CCB46 Bluefish River         96 PDF GIF
CCB47 Back River       411 PDF GIF
CCB48 Northwest Cape Cod Bay   49,701 PDF GIF
CCB49 Northeast Cape Cod Bay   51,056 PDF GIF
CCB50 Southeast Cape Cod Bay   61,707 PDF GIF
CCB51 Southwest Cape Cod Bay   52,775 PDF GIF
ELIZABETHAN ISLANDS
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
E1 Naushon Island West Coastal   19,911 PDF GIF
E2 Hadleys Harbor       163 PDF GIF
E3 Northwest Gutter         39 PDF GIF
E4 Gosnold West Coastal   25,689 PDF GIF
E5 Robinsons Hole       250 PDF GIF
E6 Quicks Hole       586 PDF GIF
E7 Quicks Hole Pond         80 PDF GIF
E8 Cuttyhunk Harbor       408 PDF GIF
E9 Cuttyhunk Pond       105 PDF GIF
E10 Westend Pond         38 PDF GIF
E11 Gosnold East Coastal   22,935 PDF GIF
E12 Naushon East Coastal   10,981 PDF GIF
E13 Tarpaulin Cove       199 PDF GIF
E14 Lackeys Bay       244 PDF GIF
GREATER BOSTON HARBOR
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
GBH1 Hingham And Hull Bays     8,976 PDF * GIF
GBH2 Quincy Bay     6,244 PDF GIF
GBH3 Neponset Riv & Dorchester Bay     4,836 PDF * GIF
GBH4 Boston Inner Harbor     2,780 PDF * GIF
GBH5 North Boston Harbor     2,240 PDF GIF
GBH6 Boston Outer Harbor     5,408 PDF GIF
MASSACHUSETTS BAY
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
MB1 Duxbury Beach   13,333 PDF GIF
MB2 Marshfield East Coastal     9,874 PDF GIF
MB3 Green Harbor         58 PDF GIF
MB4 Scituate South Coastal   13,195 PDF GIF
MB5 North River       460 PDF GIF
MB6 South River       477 PDF GIF
MB7 Scituate Harbor       193 PDF GIF
MB8 Scituate North Coastal   14,682 PDF GIF
MB9 Cohasset North Coastal     9,415 PDF GIF
MB10 Cohasset Harbor       608 PDF GIF
MB11 Little Harbor       177 PDF GIF
MB12 Nantasket Beach     6,129 PDF GIF
MB13 Outer Boston Harbor Islands     8,231 PDF GIF
MB14 Massachusetts Bay   69,796 PDF GIF
MOUNT HOPE BAY
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
MHB1 Mount Hope Bay     1,602 PDF GIF
MHB2 Taunton River     3,681 PDF * GIF
MHB3 Lee River       740 PDF GIF
MHB4 Cole River       716 PDF GIF
MHB5 Palmer River       106 PDF GIF
NORTH SHORE
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
N1 Salisbury Beach     9,250 PDF GIF
N2 Merrimack River     2,541 PDF * GIF
N3 Plum Island   15,196 PDF GIF
N4 Plum Island Sound     3,660 PDF * GIF
N5 Ipswich River       423 PDF * GIF
N6 Cranes Beach     7,006 PDF GIF
N7 Essex Bay     2,014 PDF GIF
N8 Coffins Beach     2,664 PDF GIF
N9 Annisquam Riv. Gloucester Hbr     2,516 PDF * GIF
N10 Outer North Gloucester     8,736 PDF GIF
N11 Rockport   32,291 PDF GIF
N12 Good Harbor Beach     2,428 PDF GIF
N13 Eastern Point     7,326 PDF GIF
N14 Magnolia     6,746 PDF GIF
N15 Manchester   11,561 PDF GIF
N16 Beverly     4,151 PDF GIF
N17 Danvers River     1,344 PDF GIF
N18 Salem Harbor       969 PDF GIF
N19 Folger/Peaches Point     8,317 PDF GIF
N20 Marblehead Harbor       488 PDF GIF
N21 Marblehead   11,053 PDF GIF
N22 Swampscott     6,069 PDF GIF
N23 Lynn     3,383 PDF GIF
N24 Nahant Bay     2,879 PDF GIF
N25 Nahant Harbor     7,277 PDF GIF
N26 Lynn Hbr & Saugus/Pines Rivers     5,651 PDF * GIF
N27 Winthrop Beach     4,359 PDF GIF
N28 Deer Island   11,581 PDF GIF
NANTUCKET SOUND
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
NS1 Nantucket Sound Ne Center   39,300 PDF GIF
NS2 Nantucket Sound Se Center   45,881 PDF GIF
NS3 Nantucket Sound Sw Center   31,858 PDF GIF
NS4 Nantucket Sound Nw Center   33,548 PDF GIF
NANTUCKET
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
NT1 Nantucket Northeast Coastal   20,401 PDF GIF
NT2 Nantucket Harbor West     1,125 PDF GIF
NT3 Nantucket Harbor East     1,667 PDF GIF
NT4 Polpis Harbor       189 PDF GIF
NT5 Head Of The Harbor     1,764 PDF GIF
NT6 Coskata Pond         57 PDF GIF
NT7 Nantucket East Coastal   22,895 PDF GIF
NT8 Nantucket Southeast Coastal   28,551 PDF GIF
NT9 Sesachacha Pond       278 PDF GIF
NT10 Nantucket Southwest Coastal   18,089 PDF GIF
NT11 Madaket Harbor       980 PDF GIF
NT12 Nantucket Northwest Coastal   13,642 PDF GIF
NT13 Tuckernuck Island   22,580 PDF GIF
NT14 Muskeget Island   26,368 PDF GIF
OUTER CAPE COD
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
OC1 Nauset Beach South Coastal   53,670 PDF GIF
OC2 Nauset Harbor       357 PDF GIF
OC3 Mill Pond         76 PDF GIF
OC4 Town Cove       405 PDF GIF
OC5 Nauset Marsh       677 PDF GIF
OC6 Salt Pond         22 PDF GIF
OC7 Nauset Beach North Coastal     9,772 PDF GIF
OC8 Wellfleet East Coastal   14,050 PDF GIF
OC9 Truro East Coastal   31,767 PDF GIF
OC10 Provincetown North Coastal   18,905 PDF GIF
SOUTH CAPE COD
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
SC1 Woods Hole West Coastal       417 PDF GIF
SC2 Great Harbor       285 PDF GIF
SC3 Woods Hole Outer Harbor     2,274 PDF GIF
SC4 Little Harbor         72 PDF GIF
SC5 South Falmouth Coastal     3,510 PDF GIF
SC6 Oyster Pond         64 PDF GIF
SC7 Salt Pond         62 PDF GIF
SC8 East Falmouth Coastal     6,719 PDF GIF
SC9 Falmouth Inner Harbor         38 PDF GIF
SC10 Little Pond         43 PDF GIF
SC11 Great Pond       284 PDF GIF
SC12 Green Pond       136 PDF GIF
SC13 Bournes Pond       159 PDF GIF
SC14 Eel Pond       258 PDF GIF
SC15 Waquoit Bay     1,048 PDF GIF
SC16 Little & Great Rivers Complex       321 PDF GIF
SC17 Mashpee South Coastal     9,884 PDF GIF
SC18 Barnstable South Coastal   26,934 PDF GIF
SC19 Popponesset Bay       457 PDF GIF
SC20 Mashpee River & Shoestring Bay       270 PDF GIF
SC21 Cotuit Bay       582 PDF GIF
SC22 West Bay       344 PDF GIF
SC23 North Bay       409 PDF GIF
SC24 East Bay & Centerville River       157 PDF GIF
SC25 Bumps River         62 PDF GIF
SC26 Squaw Island         53 PDF GIF
SC27 Hyannis Harbor     1,016 PDF GIF
SC28 Lewis Bay     1,244 PDF GIF
SC29 Yarmouth South Coastal   12,116 PDF GIF
SC30 Parkers River & Seine Pond       117 PDF GIF
SC31 Lewis Pond         52 PDF GIF
SC32 Dennis South Coastal     8,817 PDF GIF
SC33 Bass River South       231 PDF GIF
SC34 Bass River Center       395 PDF GIF
SC35 Bass River North       375 PDF GIF
SC36 Swan Pond       183 PDF GIF
SC37 Harwich South Coastal     7,045 PDF GIF
SC38 Herring River         46 PDF GIF
SC39 Allens Harbor         23 PDF GIF
SC40 Wychmere Harbor         14 PDF GIF
SC41 Saquatucket Harbor         16 PDF GIF
SC42 Chatham South Coastal     4,692 PDF GIF
SC43 Red River           1 PDF GIF
SC44 Mill Creek         19 PDF GIF
SC45 Taylors Pond         12 PDF GIF
SC46 Bucks & Cockle Cove Creek         55 PDF GIF
SC47 Monomoy Island   37,831 PDF GIF
SC48 Stage Harbor       339 PDF GIF
SC49 Oyster Pond River       171 PDF GIF
SC50 Oyster Pond       318 PDF GIF
SC51 Mitchell River & Mill Ponds         59 PDF GIF
SC52 Chatham Harbor     2,406 PDF GIF
SC53 Pleasant Bay     1,832 PDF GIF
SC54 Bassing Harbor         84 PDF GIF
SC55 Crows Pond       119 PDF GIF
SC56 Ryders Cove       102 PDF GIF
SC57 Frostfish Cove         14 PDF GIF
SC58 Muddy Creek         39 PDF GIF
SC59 Round Cove         14 PDF GIF
SC60 Quanset Pond         15 PDF GIF
SC61 Little Pleasant Bay     2,052 PDF GIF
SC62 Pochet Creek       146 PDF GIF
SC63 Namequoit River       323 PDF GIF
SC64 Paw Wah Pond           6 PDF GIF
MARTHA'S VINEYARD
Code
Growing Area Name
Acres
Image Format
V1 Menemsha Bight   11,399 PDF GIF
V2 Menemsha Inlet And Pond       691 PDF GIF
V3 Nashaquitsa & Stonewall Pond       117 PDF GIF
V4 Chilmark North Coastal     7,482 PDF GIF
V5 West Tisbury North Coastal     6,036 PDF GIF
V6 James Pond         47 PDF GIF
V7 Tisbury North Coastal     4,205 PDF GIF
V8 Lake Tashmoo       264 PDF GIF
V9 Oak Bluffs North Coastal     2,597 PDF GIF
V10 Vineyard Haven Harbor       981 PDF GIF
V11 Lagoon Pond       545 PDF GIF
V12 Edgartown North Coastal   12,941 PDF GIF
V13 Edgartown Outer Harbor     8,624 PDF GIF
V14 Oak Bluffs Harbor         35 PDF GIF
V15 Hamlin Pond & Farm Pond         39 PDF GIF
V16 Sengekontacket Pond       745 PDF GIF
V17 Eel Pond         65 PDF GIF
V18 Chappaquiddick Beach       820 PDF GIF
V19 Edgartown Inner Harbor       241 PDF GIF
V20 Katama Bay     1,236 PDF GIF
V21 Cape Poge Bay     1,478 PDF GIF
V22 Pocha Pond       229 PDF GIF
V23 Edgartown East Coastal   31,305 PDF GIF
V24 Edgartown South Coastal   21,543 PDF GIF
V25 Crackatuxet Cove         35 PDF GIF
V26 Edgartown Great Pond       885 PDF GIF
V27 Jobs Neck Pond         66 PDF GIF
V28 Paqua Pond         10 PDF GIF
V29 Oyster Pond       165 PDF GIF
V30 Marthas Vineyard South Coastal   25,141 PDF GIF
V31 Tisbury Great Pond       804 PDF GIF
V32 Chilmark Pond       206 PDF GIF
V33 Gay Head South Coastal   14,235 PDF GIF
V34 Nomans Land   21,236 PDF GIF
V35 Squibnocket Pond       628 PDF GIF
 
 
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