[Rimarinefisheries] Early Opening Upper Narragansett Bay - Conditional Shellfish Area A and Conimicut Triangle

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Upper bay Conditional Shellfish Area A and the Conimicut Triangle will reopen tomorrow, Sunday November 20, 2016 at sunrise.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that Conditional Area A 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.

The shellfish closure began at sunrise on Wednesday, November 16th - following 1.13" inches of rainfall in the Providence area. A seven-day closure of these areas is enacted according to the following:
Conimicut Triangle after a half-inch (0.5") of rainfall, and
Area A after eight-tenths of an inch (0.8") of rainfall.

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 Thursday, November 17.

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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