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NEW BEDFORD — An additional 11,310 acres of New Bedford Harbor has been closed to shellfishing by the Department of Fish & Game’sDivision of Marine Fisheries to safeguard public health.
The Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area (WGoMAC) was established in 1998 in response to the decreasing Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) stock. [2] WGoMAC is located off the shores of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine and is approximately 3,100 km 2 (1,200 sq mi). [2] It is rectangular and runs in straight lines from 42° 15' to 43° 15' North ...
For information on closures, call DEM’s 24-hour shellfishing hotline at (401) 222-2900, visit dem.ri.gov/shellfish, or sign up for the Office of Water Resources’ listserv here: RishellfishOWR ...
Dana E. Wallace (1917-2007) was the assistant director of research of the Maine Department of Marine Resources from 1946 to 1983. He co-chaired the Biological Advisory Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. His work focused primarily on the aquaculture of mollusks, particularly clams and oysters, in the coastal regions of ...
Placopecten magellanicus, previously listed as Pecten tenuicostatus and as Pecten grandis [2] and once referred to as the "giant scallop", common names Atlantic deep-sea scallop, deep sea scallop, North Atlantic sea scallop, American sea scallop, Atlantic sea scallop, or sea scallop, [3] is a commercially important pectinid bivalve mollusk native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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In 1997 the Maine aquaculture industry produced 22.5 million pounds of salmon from 27 sites for a total of $50 million. In 1998 it was 24 million pounds of salmon worth about $60 million. Salmon producers in Maine indicated to the Maine Department of Marine Resources that they are committed to increasing production up to 50% in the next few ...
Designated CP. October 8, 1998. Whaleback Shell Midden is a shell midden, or dump, consisting primarily of oyster shells located on the east side of the Damariscotta River in Maine, United States. It is preserved as a Maine state historic site and was included as part of the Damariscotta Oyster Shell Heaps listed on the National Register of ...