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Emergency Shellfish Closure and Opening Notices

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2023

9/16/23: Lifting of Precautionary Statewide Storm Closure to the Harvest of all Shellfish (English, PDF 125.6 KB)
9/14/23: Precautionary Statewide Storm Closure to the Harvest of all Shellfish (English, PDF 207.03 KB)
8/18/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for North Shore Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 425.71 KB)
8/16/23: Lifting of Emergency Rainfall Closures for Various Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 490.05 KB)
8/14/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Loop Beach (English, PDF 218.56 KB)
8/11/23: Lifting of Emergency Rainfall Closures for Dennis and Yarmouth Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 267.78 KB)
8/8/23: Emergency Rainfall Closures for some North Shore Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 409.3 KB)
8/8/23: Emergency Rainfall Closures for Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 447.09 KB)
7/22/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Winthrop Shores, Airport, Wood Island, and Snake Island (English, PDF 132.78 KB)
7/20/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Loop Beach (English, PDF 125.95 KB)
5/9/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Gull Point and Rock Island Cove (English, PDF 133.72 KB)
4/24/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay (English, PDF 232.36 KB)
4/6/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for North River East, South River East, and Scituate South Coastal (English, PDF 216.48 KB)
3/15/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for North River East, South River East, and Scituate South Coastal (English, PDF 249.97 KB)
03/07/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Back Creek and Lower Flat in Gloucester (N9) 
2/21/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Rockport (English, PDF 212.72 KB)
2/16/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Scituate (English, PDF 230.92 KB)
2/14/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven and Lagoon Pond (English, PDF 257.34 KB)
1/30/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Rockport (N11.0) (English, PDF 212.2 KB)
1/27/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Scituate (English, PDF 250.19 KB)
1/27/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Rockport (English, PDF 211.75 KB)
1/26/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven Harbor and Lagoon Pond (English, PDF 252.63 KB)

2022

12/28/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and the Breakwater (English, PDF 230.23 KB)
12/23/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and the Breakwater (English, PDF 211.82 KB)
8/31/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure of Provincetown Harbor (English, PDF 206.86 KB)
8/25/22: Emergency Shellfish Harvest Closure of Lagoon Pond (English, PDF 243.06 KB)
8/15/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor Excluding the West End (English, PDF 202.39 KB)
8/11/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and East of MacMillan Pier (English, PDF 244.08 KB)
4/15/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure of Scituate South Coastal Area (English, PDF 202.15 KB)
4/15/22: Lifting of Pre-Cautionary PSP Closure for all Waters and Flats in Swansea (English, PDF 211.96 KB)
4/14/22: Pre-Cautionary PSP Closure of all Waters and Flats in Swansea (English, PDF 156.94 KB)
4/14/22: Closure of Entire Nauset System due to PSP (English, PDF 153.64 KB)
3/11/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure in Vineyard Haven and Eastville Beach in Oak Bluffs (English, PDF 142.02 KB)
2/21/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven Harbor in the Town of Oak Bluffs (English, PDF 239.61 KB)
1/2/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure of Scituate South Coastal Area due to Sunken Vessel (English, PDF 236.77 KB)
1/31/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure to All Waters of the Commonwealth due to Winter Storm (English, PDF 210.03 KB)
01/28/22 Emergency Shellfish Closure to All Waters of the Commonwealth due to Winter Storm (English, PDF 234.21 KB)

2021

11/5/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters of South Cape 
11/5/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Waters near The Breakwater in PTown Inner Harbor 
10/28/21: Emergency Storm Related Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters of South Cape (English, PDF 210.83 KB)
10/25/21: Emergency Shellfish Closure due to Grounding of Boat in PTown Inner Harbor (English, PDF 198.57 KB)
9/10/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Wellfleet Inner Harbor 
9/10/21: Emergency Storm Related Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters of Southeast Cape Cod 
09/09/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters along the Outer Cape 
09/08/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters along the South Cape, Cape Cod Bay, and MA Bay 
09/05/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters along the South Cape and Cape Cod Bay 
09/02/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters of the Cape and Islands 
09/02/21: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Hurricane Ida from Cohassett South  
08/22/21: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closures for All Waters of the Commonwealth 
08/20/21: Emergency Shellfish Closure to All Waters of the Commonwealth due to Hurricane Henri 

2020

01/10/20: Opening Notice for Plymouth Harbor (CCB 42.0) (English, PDF 187.32 KB)

2019

12/30/19: Closure Notice for Plymouth Harbor (CCB 42.0) (English, PDF 186.14 KB)
10/11/19: Opening Notice for Shellfish Areas Closed for Storm (MB1-MB14, CCB1-CCB51, OC1-OC10, SC1-SC64, NS1-4, NT1-NT14, V1-V36, E1-E14, MHB1- MHB5 and BB1-BB58) (English, PDF 73.77 KB)
10/10/19: Storm Closure Notice for Shellfish Areas MB1-MB14, CCB1-CCB51, OC1-OC10, SC1-SC64, NS1-4, NT1-NT14, V1-V36, E1-E14, MHB1- MHB5 and BB1-BB58. (English, PDF 73.67 KB)
07/19/19: DSP Opening for Nauset System (OC2 - OC6) (English, PDF 137.24 KB)
7/15/19: Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury (CCB42-CCB47) Open Notice (English, PDF 182.01 KB)
7/12/2019: Rainfall Closure for Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury (CCB42-CCB47) (English, PDF 72.39 KB)
07/10/19: DSP Closure for Nauset System (OC2 - OC6) (English, PDF 82.07 KB)

2018

10/12/18: Nantucket (NT1-NT14) and Martha's Vineyard (V1-V36) Shellfish Opening on 10/15/18 (English, PDF 226.33 KB)
10/12/18: Gosnold (E1-E14), Cape Cod (CCB1-CCB37, OC1-OC10, SC1-SC64), and Nantucket Sound Shellfish Opening on 10/13/18 (English, PDF 227.01 KB)
10/11/18: Gosnold, Cape Cod, Nantucket Sound, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard Rainfall Closure Notice (English, PDF 227.36 KB)
08/10/18 OC 2-6, CCB 9,17,20 and SC 53-64 Shellfish Opening Notice (English, PDF 160.19 KB)
08/09/18: OC 2-6, CCB 9, CCB 17, CCB 20, & SC 53-64 Shellfish Closure Notice (English, PDF 154.27 KB)
08/07/18: OC 2-10 & CCB 1-14 Shellfish Opening Notice (English, PDF 159.6 KB)
08/05/18: OC 2-10 & CCB 1-14 Rainfall Closure Notice (English, PDF 155.12 KB)
03/09/18 Shellfish Openings in Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Cohasset, and Bourne (English, PDF 165.18 KB)
03/08/18 Shellfish Opening Notice: N4, N7, and N9 (English, PDF 165.05 KB)
03/08/18 Shellfish Opening Notice (English, PDF 165.87 KB)
03/01/18: Coast-Wide Shellfish Closure (English, PDF 156.72 KB)
01/05/18: Shellfish Opening N3 - N7 
01/05/18: Shellfish Opening Merrimack River Estuary and North Plum Island (N2.1) 
01/05/18: Shellfish Opening Portions of Nantucket (NT7 - NT11, NT13 and NT14) 
01/05/18: Shellfish Opening in Cape Cod (CCB1-CCB51, SC1-SC64), Martha's Vineyard (V1-V36) and Portions of MA Bay (MB1-MB11) 
01/05/18: Shellfish Opening in Buzzards Bay (BB1-BB58) and the Elizabeth Islands (EI1-EI14) 
01/05/18: State-Wide Closure of All Designated Shellfish Growing Areas 

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