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Maine Bacterial Closures: Shellfish Pollution Area Inventory with Legal Notices and Maps
Contact Information
- During normal business hours: Shellfish Program Coordinator, Phone: 207-633-9515
- During nights/weekends/holidays: The State Police barracks will put you in touch with Marine Patrol:
- From New Hampshire border to Brunswick, barracks 1-800-228-0857
- From Cushing/Boothbay to Lincolnville/Belfast area, barracks 1-800-452-4664
- From Belfast to Canadian border, barracks 1-800-432-7381
See the bottom of this page for warnings and disclaimer.
| Name | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Conditional Area Closures | Areas 11,14,15,16,21-C,21-D, 21-E, 26 and 27 | 11/23/2020 |
| Emergency Flood Closures | There is a closure in the Royal River, Cousins River, Haraseeket River, Maquoit Bay, Harpswell Sound and Quahog Bay | 11/25/2020 |
| Aquaculture Closures | Area # 1010-O, Area #1010-P | 11/25/2020 |
| Pollution Abatement Closures | Area 39-C (B.1) | 11/22/2019 |
Growing Area Bacterial Closure Notices with Maps (PDF files)
- Area No. 1 Piscataqua River (Kittery, Eliot, South Berwick)
- Area No. 2-A Portsmouth Harbor and vicinity (Kittery) and Isle of Shoals
- Area No. 3 Sisters Point (Kittery) to East Point (York)
- Area No. 4 East Point to Bald Head Cliff (York)
- Area No. 5 Bald Head Cliff (York) to Israels Head (Ogunquit)
- Area No. 6 Ogunquit River to Webhannet River (Ogunquit and Wells)
- Area No. 7 Little River to Cape Arundel (Wells, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport)
- Area No. 8 Cape Arundel to Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport)
- Area No. 9 Sampson Cove to Fortunes Rocks (Kennebunkport and Biddeford)
- Area No.10 Saco River and Saco Bay (Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach)
- Area No.11 Scarborough River
- Area No.12 Spurwink River, Prout’s Neck, Cape Elizabeth (Old Orchard Beach, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth)
- Area No.13 Western Casco Bay and Islands (Cape Elizabeth to Falmouth)
- Area No.14 Royal River, Cousins River, and vicinity (Cumberland to Freeport)
- Area No.15 Harraseeket River and vicinity (Freeport)
- Area No.16 Maquoit Bay and Middle Bay (Freeport, Brunswick and Harpswell)
- Area No.17-A Upper Harpswell Neck and Long Reach (Brunswick to Harpswell)
- Area No.17-B Harpswell Neck (Harpswell)
- Area No.17-C Bailey Island, Orrs Island, and nearby southwest Sebascodegan Is (Harpswell)
- Area No. 18 Quahog Bay, Hen Cove, Ridley Cove (Harpswell)
- Area No.19-A Upper and Middle New Meadows River (Bath to Phippsburg)
- Area No.19-C Lower New Meadows River (Harpswell to Phippsburg)
- Area No.20 Kennebec River and Tributaries
- Area No.21-A Upper Sheepscot River and Tributaries (Wiscasset, Alna, Newcastle)
- Area No.21-B Sheepscot River (Wiscasset, Westport Island, Edgecomb)
- Area No.21-C Back River and Montsweag Bay (Woolwich, Wiscasset, Westport Island)
- Area No 21-D Sheepscot River (Westport Island, Edgecomb, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor)
- Area No.21-E Hockomock Bay to Robinhood Cove (Woolwich to Georgetown)
- Area No.21-F Lower Sheepscot River and Sheepscot Bay (Georgetown, Southport)
- Area No.22 Booth Bay and vicinity (Southport, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay)
- Area No.23-A Upper Damariscotta River (Newcastle, Nobleboro, Damariscotta)
- Area No.23-C Lower Damariscotta River (Boothbay, South Bristol)
- Area No.24-A Johns River and Pemaquid River (South Bristol and Bristol)
- Area No.24-B Johns Bay (South Bristol and Bristol)
- Area No.25-C Western Muscongus Bay (Bristol and Bremen)
- Area No.26 Medomak River,Waldoboro,Bremen,and Friendship
- Area No.26-A Monhegan Island
- Area No.26-B Martin Point, Friendship to Gay Island, Cushing
- Area No. 27 Upper St. George River and Tributaries (Warren to St.George)
- Area No.27-A Eastern Wheeler Bay, St. George
- Area No.27-B Lower St. George River (Cushing and St. George)
- Area No.27-C Port Clyde and the St. George Islands, St George and Cushing
- Area No.28 Marshall Point to Clark Cove (St. George)
- Area No.28-A Weskeag River (South Thomaston and Owls Head)
- Area No.28-B Patten Point, St. George to Thorndike Point, South Thomaston
- Area No.28-C Rackliff Island, St. George
- Area No.29 Rockland (Rockland Harbor, Broad & Deep Coves)
- Area No.29-A Otter Point to Owls Head (Owl's Head)
- Area No.29-B Matinicus Island
- Area No.29-C Metinic, Large Green and Little Green Islands
- Area No.30 Rockport Area
- Area No.30-I North Haven Island
- Area No.31-A Rockport to Northport
- Area No.31-B Spruce Head to Kelleys Cove, Northport
- Area No.32 Belfast Bay
- Area No.33 Searsport to Stockton Springs
- Area No.34-C Vinalhaven
- Area No.35 Penobscot River (Stockton Springs to Castine)
- Area No.36 Bagaduce River and Harborside (Castine, Penobscot, Brooksville)
- Area No.36-A Northern Bay, Town of Penobscot
- Area No.36-B Upper Bagaduce River (Brooksville-Sedgwick)
- Area No.36-F Isleboro
- Area No.37 Condon Point to "The Herricks" Village and Orcutt Harbor (Brooksville)
- Area No.38 Deer Isle and Stonington
- Area No.38-B Benjamin River and Center Harbor (Sedgwick and Brooklin)
- Area No.39 Blue Hill Harbor and vicinity (Brooklin, Sedgwick, Blue Hill)
- Area No.39-C Herrick Bay and Eastern Flye Point (Brooklin)
- Area No.40 Union River Bay Region, (Surry, Ellsworth, Trenton)
- Area No.42 Western Shore of Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Tremont
- Area No.42-B Swan's Island, Frenchboro, and vicinity (Swan's Island)
- Area No.44 Southern Mount Desert Island and vicinity (Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, and Cranberry Isles)
- Area No.47 Northern Mount Desert Island and vicinity (Bar Harbor and Trenton)
- Area No.49-A Jellison Cove, Hancock
- Area No.49-B Skillings River, Lamoine-Hancock
- Area No.50 Sorrento and Sullivan Harbor (Sullivan)
- Area No.50-B Egypt Bay, West Brook, Mill Brook, Springer Creek, Card Mill-Johnny's Brook (Franklin)
- Area No.51 Winter Harbor and Grindstone Neck (Winter Harbor)
- Area No.51-C Bunker Cove, South Gouldsboro
- Area No.52 Schoodic Point to Corea, Winter Harbor-Gouldsboro
- Area No.52-E Dyer Bay and Pigeon Hill Bay (Steuben)
- Area No.52-G Joy Bay (Gouldsboro-Steuben)
- Area No.53 Narraguagus River and vicinity to Harrington River (Cherryfield, Milbridge, Harrington)
- Area No.53-A Pleasant River (Addison and Harrington)
- Area No.53-H South Addison and vicinity, Addison
- Area No.54 Moosabec Reach, Beals Island and vicinity (Jonesport and Beals)
- Area No.54-B Wohoa Bay and Indian River
- Area No.54-D West Branch of Little Kennebec Bay (Machias)
- Area No.54-H Chandler River to Roque Island (Jonesport, Jonesboro, Roque Bluffs)
- Area No.55 Machias Bay and vicinity (Machias, East Machias, Machiasport)
- Area No.55-A Holmes Bay (Whiting and Cutler)
- Area No.55-B Southwestern Machias Bay (Machiasport)
- Area No.55-D Little Machias Bay to Haycock Harbor (Cutler to Trescott Twp)
- Area No.56 Northwestern Cobscook Bay (Edmunds Twp, Dennysville, Pembroke, Perry)
- Area No.57 Whiting Bay (Edmunds Twp, Trescott Twp)
- Area No.58 Lubec
- Area No.59 Outer Cobscook Bay (Eastport and Perry)
- Area No.62 St. Croix River (Calais, Robbinson, Perry)
Warnings
- PSP (Red Tide) closures are not included in the inventory above!!
- Some Pollution Areas contain conditional area classifications. These areas open and close depending on various conditions which effect pollution levels, such as waste water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, marinas, rainfall or season. You may also check the hotline at 1-800-232-4733 to see whether or not the area is open or closed. Be advised that the best information comes from your local Marine Patrol Officer, local shellfish warden, or your local Marine Patrol office.
- This website was last updated on November 25, 2020.
Disclaimer
The Department of Marine Resources makes every effort to ensure that published information is accurate and current. Neither the State of Maine, nor any agency, officer, or employee of the State of Maine warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published on this website, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information. Portions of the information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at their own risk. Information on this site should not be relied upon for legal purposes.
Contact Kathleen Brosnan for a certified copy.
More info & help
- To view the legal notices select the Name or Area number. There are maps at the end of each notice.
- The links are PDF files, up to 1.5 MB in size, and may require the free Adobe Reader software (download here). If you require an alternate format, please contact Kohl Kanwit.
