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2024

10/8/24: Reopening of Certain Western Buzzards Bay Growing Areas Following CSO-Related Closure 
9/27/24: Reopening of Shellfish Growing Areas in Barnstable (CCB31-34) Closed Due to Rainfall 
9/27/24: Reopening of Certain Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas Closed Due to Rainfall 
9/25/24: Reopening of Certain South Shore Shellfish Growing Areas Closed Due to Rainfall 
9/25/24: Reopening of Certain Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas Closed Due to Rainfall 
9/21/24: Emergency Shellfish Closures for Western Buzzards Bay (BB11-12; BB14; BB16; BB18; BB21-23) 
9/21/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure Expanded throughout Cape Cod and South Shore to Duxbury (SC1-63; OC1-10; CCB1-48) 
9/5/2024: Reopening of Emergency CSO Shellfish Closures in Buzzards Bay and Elizabeth Islands 
9/21/24: Emergency Shellfish Closures for Lower and Outer Cape Cod (SC37-63; OC1-10, and CCB1-20) 
8/28/24: CSO Discharge and Emergency Closure Expanded to Naushon West Coastal and Gosnold West Coastal (E1 and E4.1) 
8/27/24: CSO Discharge and Emergency Closure for Western Buzzards Bay (BB7, 10, 14, 16, 18-19 and 21-23) 
8/19/24: CSO Discharge and Emergency Shellfish Closure in Buzzards Bay (BB11 and BB12) 
8/9/24: DSP Closure Lifted for Nauset System (OC4 and OC6); Open to Bivalve Shellfish Harvest 
Open PDF file, 126.3 KB,  8/8/24: Opening of Shellfish Growing Areas in Buzzards Bay (BB11 & BB12) Following CSO Closure (English, PDF 126.3 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.84 KB,  8/8/24: Opening of Shellfish Growing Areas in Buzzards Bay (BB14, BB16, BB18, BB21-BB23) Following CSO Closure (English, PDF 127.84 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.31 KB,  7/30/24: Expanded Emergency CSO Shellfish Closure in Buzzards Bay (BB14, BB16, BB18 and BB21-BB23) (English, PDF 127.31 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.33 KB,  7/29/24: Emergency CSO Shellfish Closure in Buzzards Bay (BB11 and BB12) (English, PDF 127.33 KB)
7/24/24: Opening of Shellfish Growing Areas in Western Buzzards Bay Following CSO Closure 
7/19/24: Emergency Closure of Lewis Bay (SC28) to Shellfish Fishing 
7/14/24: Expanded Emergency CSO Shellfish Closure in Buzzards Bay (BB7, E1, E4.1)  
7/13/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Western Buzzards Bay (BB10 - BB14) - CSO Discharge 
7/10/24: Reopening of Western Buzzards Bay (BB11-BB19 and BB21-BB23) Following CSO Discharge 
7/10/24: Reopening of Areas Within Nauset System (OC2, OC3, and OC5) Following DSP Closure 
7/1/24: Emergency Shellfish Closures in Western Buzzards Bay (BB11-B19 and BB21-BB23) Due to CSO Discharge 
6/28/24: DSP Closure in Nauset System (OC2 - OC6) 
6/27/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Dartmouth and New Bedford (BB11 and BB12) Due to CSO Discharge 
6/13/24: PSP Reopening of Nauset System 
6/6/24: Reopening of Emergency CSO Closures in Buzzards Bay 
05/16/24: PSP Opening for Namequoit (SC63) 
5/16/24: Emergency CSO Closure Expansion BB5 - BB23 (Buzzards Bay) and E1 and E4 (Elizabeth Islands) 
5/7/24: Emergency CSO Closure for BB10 - BB23 (Buzzards Bay) 
4/24/24: Reopening of Certain Western Buzzards Bay Growing Areas to Shellfishing  
4/24/24: Reclassification of Apponagansett Bay to Conditionally Approved; Reopening of BB10-12 to Shellfishing 
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, 227.48 KB,  3/10/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Additional Portions of Buzzards Bay (English, PDF 227.48 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, 127.82 KB,  2/9/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for North and South Rivers and Scituate South Coastal (English, PDF 127.82 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, 127.84 KB,  2/4/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Lower Pines River and Center Bar, and Seaplane Basin (English, PDF 127.84 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.45 KB,  2/3/24: Partial Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Plum Island Sound (English, PDF 127.45 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.71 KB,  1/31/24: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Devereux and Tuckers Beaches (English, PDF 125.71 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, 125.93 KB,  1/19/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for North and South Rivers and Scituate South Coastal (English, PDF 125.93 KB)
Open PDF file, 132.18 KB,  1/17/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Lower Pines River and Center Bar and Seaplane Basin (English, PDF 132.18 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.45 KB,  1/17/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Areas within Greater Boston Harbor (English, PDF 133.45 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, 414.97 KB,  1/12/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for North and South Rivers and Scituate South Coastal (English, PDF 414.97 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.88 KB,  1/12/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Lower Pines River and Center bar, and Seaplane Basin (English, PDF 131.88 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.16 KB,  1/12/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Greater Boston Harbor (English, PDF 133.16 KB)
Open PDF file, 133.3 KB,  1/11/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for a Portion of Plum Island Sound, Ipswich River, and Cranes Beach (English, PDF 133.3 KB)
Open PDF file, 226.94 KB,  1/11/24: Portions of Buzzards Bay including shellfish growing areas in the towns of Westport, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Falmouth, Gosnold, and the City of New Bedford (English, PDF 226.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 132.3 KB,  1/11/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Devereux and Tuckers Beaches (English, PDF 132.3 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.72 KB,  1/8/24: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Fox and Treadwell Island Creeks and Cranes Beach (English, PDF 131.72 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, 126.3 KB,  12/21/23: PSP (Red Tide) Closure Notice for the Harvest of all Shellfish in Salt Pond (English, PDF 126.3 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, 130.5 KB,  12/11/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Annisquam River/Gloucester Harbor (English, PDF 130.5 KB)
Open PDF file, 125.6 KB,  9/16/23: Lifting of Precautionary Statewide Storm Closure to the Harvest of all Shellfish (English, PDF 125.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 207.03 KB,  9/14/23: Precautionary Statewide Storm Closure to the Harvest of all Shellfish (English, PDF 207.03 KB)
Open PDF file, 425.71 KB,  8/18/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for North Shore Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 425.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 490.05 KB,  8/16/23: Lifting of Emergency Rainfall Closures for Various Cape Cod Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 490.05 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, 267.78 KB,  8/11/23: Lifting of Emergency Rainfall Closures for Dennis and Yarmouth Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 267.78 KB)
Open PDF file, 409.3 KB,  8/8/23: Emergency Rainfall Closures for some North Shore Shellfish Growing Areas (English, PDF 409.3 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, 132.78 KB,  7/22/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Winthrop Shores, Airport, Wood Island, and Snake Island (English, PDF 132.78 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, 216.48 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)
Open PDF file, 249.97 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) 
Open PDF file, 212.72 KB,  2/21/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Rockport (English, PDF 212.72 KB)
Open PDF file, 230.92 KB,  2/16/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Scituate (English, PDF 230.92 KB)
Open PDF file, 257.34 KB,  2/14/23: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven and Lagoon Pond (English, PDF 257.34 KB)
Open PDF file, 212.2 KB,  1/30/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Certain Areas of Rockport (N11.0) (English, PDF 212.2 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)
Open PDF file, 252.63 KB,  1/26/23: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven Harbor and Lagoon Pond (English, PDF 252.63 KB)

2022

Open PDF file, 230.23 KB,  12/28/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and the Breakwater (English, PDF 230.23 KB)
Open PDF file, 211.82 KB,  12/23/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and the Breakwater (English, PDF 211.82 KB)
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, 202.39 KB,  8/15/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor Excluding the West End (English, PDF 202.39 KB)
Open PDF file, 244.08 KB,  8/11/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Provincetown Harbor and East of MacMillan Pier (English, PDF 244.08 KB)
Open PDF file, 202.15 KB,  4/15/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure of Scituate South Coastal Area (English, PDF 202.15 KB)
Open PDF file, 211.96 KB,  4/15/22: Lifting of Pre-Cautionary PSP Closure for all Waters and Flats in Swansea (English, PDF 211.96 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)
Open PDF file, 142.02 KB,  3/11/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure in Vineyard Haven and Eastville Beach in Oak Bluffs (English, PDF 142.02 KB)
Open PDF file, 239.61 KB,  2/21/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure for Vineyard Haven Harbor in the Town of Oak Bluffs (English, PDF 239.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 236.77 KB,  1/2/22: Emergency Shellfish Closure of Scituate South Coastal Area due to Sunken Vessel (English, PDF 236.77 KB)
Open PDF file, 210.03 KB,  1/31/22: Lifting of Emergency Shellfish Closure to All Waters of the Commonwealth due to Winter Storm (English, PDF 210.03 KB)
Open PDF file, 234.21 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 
Open PDF file, 210.83 KB,  10/28/21: Emergency Storm Related Shellfish Closure for Certain Waters of South Cape (English, PDF 210.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 198.57 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

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, 73.77 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)
Open PDF file, 73.67 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)
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, 72.39 KB,  7/12/2019: Rainfall Closure for Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury (CCB42-CCB47) (English, PDF 72.39 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, 226.33 KB,  10/12/18: Nantucket (NT1-NT14) and Martha's Vineyard (V1-V36) Shellfish Opening on 10/15/18 (English, PDF 226.33 KB)
Open PDF file, 227.01 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)
Open PDF file, 227.36 KB,  10/11/18: Gosnold, Cape Cod, Nantucket Sound, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard Rainfall Closure Notice (English, PDF 227.36 KB)
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, 154.27 KB,  08/09/18: OC 2-6, CCB 9, CCB 17, CCB 20, & SC 53-64 Shellfish Closure Notice (English, PDF 154.27 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, 165.18 KB,  03/09/18 Shellfish Openings in Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Cohasset, and Bourne (English, PDF 165.18 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)
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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