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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a termination of the emergency regulations of July 7, 2008, which implemented a revised temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) closure (i.e., Temporary PSP Closure Area) due to the presence of high levels of the toxin that causes PSP. NMFS recently published a notice, effective November 18, 2008, to terminate the current closure and reactivate the previous closure, implemented on January 1, 2008 and effective through December 31, 2009.
Past Red Tide Closure Notices
- November 21, 2008 - Federal Register Notice
- November 18, 2008 - Permit Holder Letter
- July 7, 2008 - Federal Register Notice
- July 2, 2008 - Permit Holder Letter
- December 31, 2007 - Federal Register Notice
- December 28, 2007 - Permit Holder Letter
- June 27, 2007 - Federal Register Notice
- June 27-28, 2007 - Permit Holder Letters
- December 28, 2006 - Permit Holder Letter
- June 30, 2006 - Federal Register Notice
- June 28, 2006 - Permit Holder Letter
- June 23, 2006 - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Request for Continuance of Current PSP Closure
- May 2006, Environmental Assessment
- December 23, 2005 - Permit Holder Letter
- September 29, 2005 - Permit Holder Letter
- October 18, 2005 - Federal Register Notice
- September 9, 2005 - Federal Register Notice
- September 8 2005 - Correction Permit Holder Letter
- September 7, 2005 - Permit Holder Letter
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- Click Here for
FAQs on Red Tide/Commercial Fishery Failure
- Click Here for
Information About Pilot-PSP Dockside Monitoring Study
- Shellfish Fishery Failure Determination - On June 16, 2005, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez yesterday announced a formal
determination that the Massachusetts shellfish fishery is in a
commercial failure triggered by a massive red tide bloom in the New
England region. The determination came in response to a June 10, 2005,
letter from Governor Mitt Romney requesting disaster assistance for the
hard hit Massachusetts shellfish industry (Click here for more information). On June 14, 2005, the State
of Maine submitted a similar request that is currently under consideration.
- NOAA Fisheries Service Takes Emergency Action to Address Red Tide - On June 14, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service issued an emergency action to close a portion of Federal waters off the coasts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the harvest of all species of shellfish (bivalves), with the exception of scallop meats, due to the spread of toxic algal blooms (red tide). This is the largest bloom on record in New England history warranting a public health emergency (Click here for more information).
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