<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif">
This is RIDEM with a Shellfish Closure Update:<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif">
Greenwich Bay conditional areas will extend their closure and are scheduled to reopen at NOON on 12/20/2020<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif">
Mt Hope Bay and the Kickemuit River conditional areas will extend their closure and are scheduled to reopen at NOON on 12/20/2020.<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif">
Upper Bay conditional areas A and D are scheduled to reopen at NOON on 12/13/2020.<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif">
Pt Judith Pond conditional areas are scheduled to reopen at NOON on 12/13/2020.<o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<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">
<p style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white;margin:0px 0px 12pt;line-height:11.65pt">
<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>
</span></span>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<div style="margin:0px;background-color:white"><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">
<p style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white;margin:0px 0px 12pt;line-height:11.65pt">
<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>
<p style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white;margin:0px;line-height:11.65pt">
<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>
</span></span></div>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</body>
</html>