BOSTON (AP) — December 23, 2012 – Fish regulators will allow fishermen to target Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs in areas of Georges Banks that have been closed to harvesting for 22 years.
The areas, which will reopen in January, have been closed since 1990 on the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which found high levels of a toxin there that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans.
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