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October 14, 2016

Select mud flats reopen for shellfish harvesting

Some mud flats in Downeast Maine that were closed for shellfish harvesting after the Department of Marine Resources detected a marine neurotoxin were reopened on Thursday.

According to the Portland Press Herald, parts of Maine’s coastline between Calais and Cutler were reopened for clam, mussel and carnivorous snail harvesting. Clam diggers can get back to work on a section of the coast between Isle au Haut to Winter Harbor.

“We can’t speculate, but we continue to test shellfish and phytoplankton along the coast, both inside and outside the impacted areas, and will reopen areas as soon as test results allow,” Jeff Nichols, a spokesman for the department of Marine Resources, told the Press Herald.

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