Area No. 52-E, Area No. 64-A and 64-B

Maine Department of Marine Resources sent this bulletin at 05/01/2019 02:51 PM EDT

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DMR Announces the Following:

Area No. 52-E, Dyer Bay, Dyer Harbor, and Pinkham Bay (Steuben). This notice changes the area at Parker Head (Steuben) from Restricted to Approved due to water quality meeting approved standards. An interactive map that allows the user to zoom in to specific areas can be found on the ME DMR website: https://www.maine.gov/dmr/shellfish-sanitation-management/maps/index.html.

Area No. 64-A; this notice precautionarily closes Area No. 64-A (Stockton Springs to Machiasport) to the taking of mussels, European oysters and surf/hen clams due to the risk of seasonal contamination by naturally occurring marine biotoxins.

Area No. 64-B; this notice precautionarily closes Area No. 64-B (Machiasport to Calais) to the taking of mussels, European oysters and surf/hen clams due to the risk of seasonal contamination by naturally occurring marine biotoxins.

Please visit the DMR website for notices of biotoxin and bacterial shellfish closures.

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