Local farmers are vehemently opposed to it.” “The NSSP model ordinance is a requirement,” Jeff Kennedy, DMF’s regional shellfish supervisor, told shellfish farmers during a question-and ...

Alissa Dragan, the supervising environmental analyst at the Department of Agriculture, said the organization follows the ...

According to the letter, the National Shellfish Sanitation Program requires annual assessments and triennial re-assessments of shellfish growing waters. Amy Fitzpatrick, Director of the division ...

Alissa Dragan, the supervising environmental analyst at the Department of Agriculture, said the organization follows the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance. She said the ...

As a protection to consumers, all shellfish are required to be tagged by harvesters and dealers under the National Shellfish Sanitation Program. Tags include the date and location of harvest.

The DEP said in a press release that tissue samples from shellfish in the area that is reopening now meet standards set by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, a state and federal ...

Harvesters and shellfish dealers are required by a national shellfish sanitation program to tag the date and location of a harvest, and Maryland harvesters can work only in approved waters.

If DMF finds issues with bacterial and viral contamination in waters and the shellfish tested, further areas could be reclassified. DMF must comply with National Shellfish Sanitation Program ...

"The area will be reopened following the national guidelines as set forth by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance, or NSSP-MO, and the collection of acceptable sample results ...

DHSH said water sampling meets the National Shellfish Sanitation Program guidelines and surveys found no new sources of pollution that would affect oysters. The area was closed, and oysters were ...