The state Division of Marine Fisheries has closed indefinitely shellfish beds in Scituate, Hull and Cohasset because of the toxic algae known as “red tide.”
Digging, harvesting or collecting, or attempting to dig, harvest or collect shellfish and the possession of shellfish, including carnivorous snails, is prohibited. Eating shellfish with high levels of the algae can cause potentially fatal paralytic shellfish poisoning.
In a written release, Director Paul J. Diodati said the boundary of the prohibition includes waters and flats from Point Allerton in Hull and south to a line from the northern side of the mouth of the North River in Scituate.