Red Tide Hits Down East Region Hard Historic Levels of Toxic Algae Force Halt to Shellfish Harvest
Bangor Daily News › July 03, 2009
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AUGUSTA - The Department of Marine Resources is warning people not to harvest shellfish anywhere in Cobscook Bay and throughout much of Down East Maine this holiday weekend due to historic levels of toxic red tide algae.
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Red Tide Hits Down East Region Hard Historic Levels of Toxic Algae Force Halt to Shellfish Harvest
A department biologist said the situation Down East has gone from bad to worse in recent days as red tide sweeps through eastern Maine at a r...
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