NMFS Modifies Emergency Fishery Closure in Northeastern US Waters Due to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is lifting a portion of its emergency closure in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southern New England waters, allowing the harvesting of certain bivalve molluscan shellfish for human consumption, following a determination by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the toxin causing Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) is no longer present.