Delaware Announces Temporary Closure of Shellfish Harvest Areas in Lower Delaware Bay

DOVER, DE – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control was notified Wednesday, December 18, 2019 of equipment malfunctions at the Lewes wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) that the facility operator, Tidewater Inc., was working to correct. Due to the nature of the affected equipment, the malfunction could not be expeditiously resolved, which required the […]

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Waterways in Talbot County reclassified for shellfish harvesting; Sections of Broad and San Domingo creeks “conditionally approved”

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of the Environment is reclassifying waterways in Talbot County for shellfish harvesting. About 294 acres of harvesting waters in Broad Creek and about 88 acres in San Domingo Creek will be reclassified from approved for shellfish harvesting to conditionally approved for direct harvesting. In areas that are conditionally approved, […]

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Portion of Greenwood Creek in Queen Anne’s County now “conditionally approved” for harvesting of oysters and clams

The Maryland Department of the Environment has reclassified a portion of Greenwood Creek in Queen Anne’s County for shellfish harvesting. About 130 acres of the creek have been reclassified from approved for shellfish harvesting” to “conditionally approved.” In areas that are conditionally approved, oysters and clams can be harvested at any time with the exception […]

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