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<p><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">10/11/16</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Plankton sample collection focused on waters open to harvesting: 5 samples from offshore waters Point Judith to Sakonnet Point and waters flowing into Ninigret, Winnapaug, Quonochontaug
 and Pt Judith Pond.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">10/12/16</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Plankton samples were collected by DEM throughout Narragansett Bay (8), in Greenwich Bay (1), in Mt. Hope Bay (1) and the Sakonnet River (1) and by New Shoreham officials in waters
 surrounding Block Island (4). </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">RIDOH performed cell counts on 21 of the 24 samples collected: 10/11 (off shore and flow into 4 salt pond) and 10/12 near Block Island and the throughout the Bay.&nbsp; The remaining 3
 low priority samples will be counted Thursday.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Cell Count Results
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Flow into Salt Ponds - Pseudo-nitzschia<b>
</b>cells were absent or present at very low levels</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Block Island waters - Pseudo-nitzschia<b>
</b>cells were absent or present at very low levels</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Offshore waters ranged from 16,450 &#8211; 73,725 cells/l</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Narragansett Bay &#8211; trace to 265,000 cells/l</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Greenwich Bay &#8211; trace (66 cells/l)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Mt. Hope Bay &#8211; 1200 cells/l</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:22.5pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Toxicity screening on highest offshore sample (73,725 cells/l) was negative.&nbsp;
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