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- Division of Marine Fisheries
Emergency Shellfish Closure and Opening Notices
Table of Contents
2025
2024
Open PDF file, 127.33 KB,
7/29/24: Emergency CSO Shellfish Closure in Buzzards Bay (BB11 and BB12)
(English, PDF 127.33 KB)
5/16/24: Emergency CSO Closure Expansion BB5 - BB23 (Buzzards Bay) and E1 and E4 (Elizabeth Islands)
Open PDF file, 137.28 KB,
4/2/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Greater Boston Harbor
(English, PDF 137.28 KB)
Open PDF file, 135.16 KB,
4/1/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Seaplane Basin
(English, PDF 135.16 KB)
Open PDF file, 137.21 KB,
3/28/24: Shellfish Closure Notice for Weymouth Back and Fore Rivers
(English, PDF 137.21 KB)
Open PDF file, 132.75 KB,
3/24/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Portions of Buzzards Bay
(English, PDF 132.75 KB)
Open PDF file, 227.03 KB,
3/21/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Buzzards Bay
(English, PDF 227.03 KB)
Open PDF file, 248.16 KB,
3/21/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Apponagansett Bay
(English, PDF 248.16 KB)
Open PDF file, 221.25 KB,
3/12/24: Re-Classification Notice of Several Buzzard Bay Shellfish Areas
(English, PDF 221.25 KB)
Open PDF file, 132.43 KB,
2/28/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Portions of Buzzards Bay
(English, PDF 132.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.92 KB,
2/4/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Greater Boston Harbor
(English, PDF 127.92 KB)
Open PDF file, 220.64 KB,
1/26/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Buzzards Bay
(English, PDF 220.64 KB)
Open PDF file, 242.77 KB,
1/23/24: Lifting of Pre-Cautionary Shellfish Closure for Barnstable Harbor
(English, PDF 242.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 244.43 KB,
1/22/24: Pre-Cautionary Shellfish Closure for Barnstable Harbor
(English, PDF 244.43 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.35 KB,
1/17/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Ipswich River and Cranes Beach
(English, PDF 133.35 KB)
Open PDF file, 132.3 KB,
1/11/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Devereux and Tuckers Beaches
(English, PDF 132.3 KB)
2023
Open PDF file, 124.83 KB,
12/22/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Lewis Bay
(English, PDF 124.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 126.59 KB,
12/19/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Lewis Bay
(English, PDF 126.59 KB)
Open PDF file, 139.11 KB,
12/15/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Aucoot Cove
(English, PDF 139.11 KB)
Open PDF file, 218.56 KB,
8/14/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Loop Beach
(English, PDF 218.56 KB)
Open PDF file, 447.09 KB,
8/8/23: Emergency Rainfall Closures for Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas
(English, PDF 447.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.95 KB,
7/20/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Loop Beach
(English, PDF 125.95 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.72 KB,
5/9/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Gull Point and Rock Island Cove
(English, PDF 133.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 232.36 KB,
4/24/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay
(English, PDF 232.36 KB)
Open PDF file, 212.72 KB,
2/21/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Rockport
(English, PDF 212.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 250.19 KB,
1/27/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Scituate
(English, PDF 250.19 KB)
Open PDF file, 211.75 KB,
1/27/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Rockport
(English, PDF 211.75 KB)
2022
Open PDF file, 206.86 KB,
8/31/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure of Provincetown Harbor
(English, PDF 206.86 KB)
Open PDF file, 243.06 KB,
8/25/22: Emergency Shellfish Harvest Closure of Lagoon Pond
(English, PDF 243.06 KB)
Open PDF file, 156.94 KB,
4/14/22: Pre-Cautionary PSP Closure of all Waters and Flats in Swansea
(English, PDF 156.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 153.64 KB,
4/14/22: Closure of Entire Nauset System due to PSP
(English, PDF 153.64 KB)
2021
2020
Open PDF file, 187.32 KB,
01/10/20: Opening Notice for Plymouth Harbor (CCB 42.0)
(English, PDF 187.32 KB)
2019
Open PDF file, 186.14 KB,
12/30/19: Closure Notice for Plymouth Harbor (CCB 42.0)
(English, PDF 186.14 KB)
Open PDF file, 137.24 KB,
07/19/19: DSP Opening for Nauset System (OC2 - OC6)
(English, PDF 137.24 KB)
Open PDF file, 182.01 KB,
7/15/19: Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury (CCB42-CCB47) Open Notice
(English, PDF 182.01 KB)
Open PDF file, 82.07 KB,
07/10/19: DSP Closure for Nauset System (OC2 - OC6)
(English, PDF 82.07 KB)
2018
Open PDF file, 160.19 KB,
08/10/18 OC 2-6, CCB 9,17,20 and SC 53-64 Shellfish Opening Notice
(English, PDF 160.19 KB)
Open PDF file, 159.6 KB,
08/07/18: OC 2-10 & CCB 1-14 Shellfish Opening Notice
(English, PDF 159.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 155.12 KB,
08/05/18: OC 2-10 & CCB 1-14 Rainfall Closure Notice
(English, PDF 155.12 KB)
Open PDF file, 165.05 KB,
03/08/18 Shellfish Opening Notice: N4, N7, and N9
(English, PDF 165.05 KB)
Open PDF file, 165.87 KB,
03/08/18 Shellfish Opening Notice
(English, PDF 165.87 KB)
Open PDF file, 156.72 KB,
03/01/18: Coast-Wide Shellfish Closure
(English, PDF 156.72 KB)
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