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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Department of Environmental Management has announced that the Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area will be open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. until noon from March 2 until April 30. Shellfish harvesting will be allowed only when the area is declared open by DEM's Office of Water Resources, based upon water quality considerations.

The opening is being enacted per Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Regulation - 4.10.4. The regulation in its entirety is available on the DEM Web site, by clicking on Regulations from the homepage, then Fish & Wildlife, then Marine Fisheries, then Part IV Shellfish.

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