At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), NOAA Fisheries Service announces an extension of the Red Tide/Shellfish emergency fishery closure through December 31, 2010, due to the presence of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.
All bivalve molluscan shellfish fishing, with the exception of sea scallop adductor muscles harvested and shucked at sea, is prohibited in the northern component of the Temporary PSP Closure Area. The northern component of the Temporary PSP Closure Area includes all Federal waters bound by the following coordinates in the order stated: (1) 43°00′ N. lat., 71 °00′ W. long.; (2) 43°00′ N. lat., 69°00′ W. long.; (3) 41 °39′ N. lat., 69°00′ W. long.; (4) 41 °39′ N. lat., 71 °00′ W. long., and then ending at the first point.