Building on its ongoing water quality investigations, DEM will target the closed areas for additional monitoring this summer, using advanced techniques. Through this effort, DEM will work to identify and reduce sources of pollutants, with the goal of eventually re-opening the closed areas. This closure affects approximately 507 acres of shellfishing grounds. DEM will mark these lines by painting range marks on the shoreline before the changes go into effect. This opening will affect 9.27 acres of shellfishing grounds.
Seasonal closures are unchanged from previous years.