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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flagstaff Lake is located in Somerset County and Franklin County, Maine, in the United States. The North Branch Dead River and South Branch Dead River join in the lake, forming the Dead River. Flagstaff Lake in September 2018. The lake's surface area is 20,300 acres (82 km 2), and it has a storage capacity of about 275,482 acre-feet ...
Bureau of Public Health and Aquaculture, oversees shellfish harvest and aquaculture operations to ensure public health. [7] [8] Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat, works to manage, protect and restore diadromous fish populations. [9] Bureau of Marine Patrol, enforces state and federal marine fisheries laws. [10]
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state's entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a ...