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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FAFAFA">This is RI DEM with a pollution related Conditional Area and emergency shellfish closure update. These and other areas may be subject to shellfish
management closures, minimum sizes and possession limits, refer to the Division of Marine Fisheries Shellfish Regulations or visit
</span><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-90-00-4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#2D7FF9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FAFAFA">https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-90-00-4</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<b><span style="background:#FAFAFA">Effective Sunday August 22, 2021 at NOON, Conditional Areas in Mt Hope Bay and Kickemuit River are closed to shellfishing and are scheduled to reopen at NOON on August 29, 2021.</span></b><span style="background:#FAFAFA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FAFAFA">DEM is tracking rainfall from Hurricane Henri and another shellfish closure update is expected late in the day on Sunday 8/22/2021</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FAFAFA">.<br>
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Currently, shellfish management restrictions only allow harvesting from Conditional Area E (Lower Providence River) 8am-11am on:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
<span style="background:#FAFAFA">August: 23, 25, 27, 30 and September 1 and 3. </span>
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<span style="background:#FAFAFA">Sign up to receive email notifications of conditional area and emergency closures by sending an email to
<a href="mailto:RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov">RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov</a> 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:#FAFAFA">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:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#FAFAFA">dem.ri.gov/shellfish</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#FAFAFA">)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span style="background:#FAFAFA">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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