September 30, 2014 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
Effective October 1, based on a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, NOAA Fisheries is lifting the closure area referred to as the Northern Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Closed Area for the harvest of bivalve molluscan shellfish.
This area has not been subject to a toxic algal bloom for several years, and testing of bivalve shellfish has demonstrated toxin levels are well below those known to cause human illness. This action should provide additional fishing opportunity for bivalves in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the final rule from NOAA Fisheries