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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white">This is RI DEM with a shellfish closure update:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Effective February 16th, 2021 at NOON Conditional Areas of Greenwich Bay are closed to shellfishing and are scheduled to reopen at NOON on February 23rd, 2021.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Sign up to receive email notifications of conditional area and emergency closures by sending an email to RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov 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><br>
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<span style="background:white">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><a href="http://dem.ri.gov/shellfish" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#2D7FF9;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">dem.ri.gov/shellfish</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:white">)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span style="background:white">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
<a href="mailto:dem.shellfish@dem.ri.gov">dem.shellfish@dem.ri.gov</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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