[Rimarinefisheries] Early Opening Upper Narragansett Bay Conditional Areas

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Upper bay conditional shellfish areas A, B and the Conimicut Triangle to reopen tomorrow Sunday December 4, 2016 at Sunrise.

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that Conditional Area A, B and the Conimicut Triangle in Upper Narragansett Bay will reopen to shellfish harvesting at sunrise tomorrow; the opening comes three and one half days earlier than anticipated for areas A and B and four and one half days early for the Conimicut Triangle..
The shellfish closure began at noon on Wednesday, November 30th - following 1.58" inches of rainfall in the Providence area. An additional 0.55" of rain fell on Wednesday into early Thursday morning extending the closure for the Conimicut Triangle.  A seven-day closure of these areas is enacted according to the following: Conimicut Triangle after a half-inch (0.5") of rainfall , Area A after eight-tenths of an inch (0.8") and Area "B" after one and one-half inches (1.5") of precipitation.  DEM uses post-storm monitoring data and operational information to determine whether the completion of Phase II of the NBC's Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project has improved water quality so that these areas can be opened earlier. The data used to determine this early opening was collected on Friday, December 2nd.  DEM maintains a 24-hour shellfishing hotline, providing updates on shellfish closure areas: 401-222-2900. For more information on DEM divisions and programs, visit www.dem.ri.gov<http://www.dem.ri.gov>. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM<http://www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM> or on Twitter (@RhodeIslandDEM) for timely updates.



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