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PSP Notices

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2019 Notices

10/10/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Opening for All Species Except Whole Sea Scallops and Carnivorous Snails (N1 - N14) (PDF 74.27 KB)
08/07/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Opening for Blue Mussels & Razor Clams (N1 - N14) (PDF 78.39 KB)
07/30/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Opening on North Shore for Softshell Clams (N1 - N14) (PDF 74.43 KB)
07/19/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Opening Notice (MB1 - MB14) (PDF 176.38 KB)
06/26/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure for the North Shore (N1 - N14) (PDF 67.7 KB)
06/20/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure for the North Shore (N1 - N6, N8, N10-N14) (PDF 74.22 KB)
06/20/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure for Gloucester (N9) (PDF 74.13 KB)
06/19/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure for the South Shore (MB1 - MB14) (PDF 141.39 KB)
06/18/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure for Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 77.46 KB)
06/13/2019: N7 Shellfish Opening Notice (PDF 78.32 KB)
06/10/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure in Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 77.09 KB)
06/07/19: Opening of OC2 - OC6 (Nauset) to Harvest of Bivalve Shellfish (PDF 184.9 KB)
04/24/19: PSP (Red Tide) Shellfish Closure in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 135.47 KB)

2018 Notices

04/04/2018 PSP (Red Tide) Closure in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 135.05 KB)

2017 Notices

09/22/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening for All Shellfish except Ocean Quahogs and Carnivorous Snails - N1-N14 (PDF 551.43 KB)
09/22/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening for All Shellfish except Ocean Quahogs and Carnivorous Snails - Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 314.72 KB)
07/17/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening for Softshell and Razor Clams - Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 295.73 KB)
07/09/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Closure for All Shellfish - Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 84.87 KB)
06/28/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Closure for Blue Mussels - N1-N6 and N8-N14 (PDF 187.29 KB)
06/23/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Closure for Blue Mussels - Essex Bay (N7) (PDF 263.44 KB)
06/16/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening - Salt Pond, Eastham (OC6) (PDF 314.15 KB)
06/09/2017 PSP (Red Tide) Opening in Nauset System (OC2-OC5) (PDF 562.13 KB)
5/3/17 PSP (Red Tide) Closure in Nauset Estuary (OC2-OC6) (PDF 478.31 KB)

2016 Notices

5/27/16 PSP Opening - Nauset System (OC:2-OC:6) (PDF 1.15 MB)

2015 Notices

5/12/15 PSP Closure - Nauset System (OC:2-OC:6) (PDF 104.51 KB)

2014 Notices

9/12/14 PSP Opening - Surf Clams (N:1-N:14) (PDF 99.75 KB)
7/3/14 PSP Opening (N1-N14) (PDF 43.19 KB)
7/1/14 PSP Opening - Razor & Softshell Clams (N9 & N10) (PDF 60.52 KB)
6/19/14 PSP Opening - Razor & Softshell Clams (N4 & N7) (PDF 61.99 KB)
6/2/14 PSP Closure - Blue Mussels (N:1-N:14) (PDF 60.62 KB)
6/4/14 PSP Closure - (N:1, N:3-N:14) (PDF 65.99 KB)

2013 Notices

6/19/13 PSP Opening - Bivalve Shellfish (OC:6) (PDF 78.55 KB)
6/12/13 PSP Opening - Bivalve Shellfish (OC:2-OC:5) (PDF 119.08 KB)
4/24/13 PSP Closure - All Shellfish in Nauset System (OC:2-OC:6) (PDF 101.65 KB)

2012 Notices

7/17/12 PSP Opening - South Shore (MB1 to MB14) (PDF 85.86 KB)
6/6/12 PSP Opening - Salt Pond (OC6) (PDF 88.58 KB)
5/25/12 PSP Closure - MB1 to MB14 (PDF 76.02 KB)
5/23/12 PSP Opening - Partial Opening in Nauset System (OC2, OC4, OC5) (PDF 120.88 KB)
3/7/12 PSP Closure - All Shellfish in Nauset System (OC2 - OC6) (PDF 103.59 KB)

2011 Notices

11/14/11 PSP Opening - N15 through N28 (PDF 916.74 KB)
8/16/11 PSP Opening - N15 through N28 (PDF 86.43 KB)
8/5/11 PSP Opening - N1 through N14 (PDF 86.53 KB)
7/5/11 PSP Opening - Softshell Clams in Essex River (N7) (PDF 97.34 KB)
6/29/11 PSP Opening - All Bivalve Shellfish in Nauset System (OC2-OC6) (PDF 114.12 KB)
6/24/11 PSP Opening - Softshell Clams in Annisquam River (N9) (PDF 83.91 KB)
5/25/11 PSP Closure - North Shore (N15-N28, except N26.1) (PDF 77.78 KB)
5/25/11 PSP Closure - MB1-MB14 (PDF 65.27 KB)
5/23/11 PSP Closure - N2 (PDF 50.18 KB)
5/19/11 PSP Closure - North Shore (N1, N3, and N6-N14) (PDF 49.31 KB)
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