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<p style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Effective Noon 12/6/2020 the following areas will open to shellfish harvesting: All waters south of Conditional area A and north of a line
from the southeast corner of Quonset Point to the northern most tip of Jamestown to the southernmost tip of Prudence Island to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management range marker located approximately 900 feet south of Carr Point.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shellfish harvested after noon 12/6/2020 from these areas may use harvest area 1B, 3W and 4A as appropriate.</span></p>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">Effective Noon 12/1/2020 the following areas are closed to shellfish
harvesting: all Conditional Areas</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.67px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(A,
D, Greenwich Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, Kickemuit River and Point Judith Pond)</span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14.67px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> are
scheduled to reopen at </span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Noon</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> on
</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>12/13/2020.</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Sign up to receive email notifications of conditional area and emergency closures by sending an email to </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="mailto:RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">RishellfishOWR-subscribe@</span><span style="margin:0px;color:blue"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">listserve</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> or
click on the Subscribe button on this webpage under Stay Informed. This voluntary email list is used to distribute information on water quality-related shellfish harvesting restrictions. 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 at 401-222-2900.</span><span style="margin:0px"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">For information regarding where you can harvest shellfish, please refer to the interactive Shellfish Map, which can be found by clicking
on “Shellfish Map” on the “Shellfish Links” menu located on the right side of the Shellfish Home page (</span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="http://dem.ri.gov/shellfish" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">dem.ri.gov/shellfish</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">)</span><span style="margin:0px"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Current Status of CONDITIONALLY APPROVED areas of Upper Narragansett Bay, Greenwich Bay, Mount Hope Bay, or the Kickemuit River or other
emergency closures may be obtained by calling the Shellfish Closure Hotline 401-222-2900 24 hours a day. If you have questions or concerns about shellfish closures, you may call (401)222-4700 or email them to </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="mailto:dem.shellfish@dem.ri.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">dem.shellfish@dem.ri.gov</span></a></span></p>
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