Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Announces Recent Changes in Shellfish Closure Areas

As of sunrise on Wednesday July 15, 2015, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is closing Salt Pond in the town of Eastham, MA to all shellfishing due to a phytoplankton bloom of Dinophsis sp. which is known to produce okadiaic acid the…

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Announces Recent Changes in Shellfish Closure Areas

Per the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, as of sunrise on Thursday June 11, 2015 they are lifting the PSP closure in the Nauset system, specifically growing areas OC:2 through OC:6,for all shellfish species except moon snails. If…

Eastern Region Spring Quarterly now available

NOAA's Eastern Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook is available now.