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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This is RI DEM with a Shellfish Hotline update, effective at Sunrise December 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019, Conditional Areas Greenwich Bay, Mt. Hope Bay and the Kickemuit River will be closed to shellfishing and scheduled
to reopen at Sunrise December 17<sup>th</sup>, 2019. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a name="_Hlk24455076">The Office of Water Resources has established a listserv to email notifications of Conditional Area and emergency shellfish harvesting closures (e.g. harmful alga blooms, sewage releases,
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</span>As required by RI General Law § 20-8.1-3 DEM will continue to provide notice of harvesting restrictions on the 24-hour shellfish hotline recording: 401-222-2900.</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk24455076"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FAFAFA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk24455076">Since 2016 notifications of emergency water quality shellfish closures were sent through the Division of Marine Fisheries Listserv. After December 15, 2019 water quality related
shellfishing closures will only be sent via the new Office of Water Resources listserv. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the Division of Marine Fisheries, unsubscribe by following the instructions found here
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