Area Descriptions for Niantic Bay Shellfishing Grounds
Area "E"/Upper Niantic Bay, East Lyme:
The tidal waters of Niantic Bay in East Lyme enclosed by a line commencing at the shellfish demarcation sign on the south shore of "The Bar" at a point 3,000 feet west of the mouth of the Niantic River, south-southwest to navigational buoy C"5" at Threefoot Rock, thence northeast to the shellfish demarcation sign on the eastern shore of the Niantic Bay in Waterford 1200 feet south of the mouth of the Niantic River, thence west to navigational day marker G "1", thence north-northwest to the southeast shore of "The Bar" in East Lyme at a point 1600 feet west of the mouth of the Niantic river.Area "F"/ Conditional Approved - Seasonal, East Lyme:
The tidal waters of Niantic Bay in the special anchorage area off Crescent Beach enclosed by a line commencing at the shellfish demarcation sign located at Crescent Beach on the eastern extremity of the point of land at the intersection of Crescent Avenue and Bayview Avenue east to navigational buoy G"9", thence southwest to the shellfish demarcation sign located on the eastern extremity of the Niantic Bay Yacht Club breakwater at a point 100 feet south of the northern extremity of that breakwater, thence west-northwest to the shellfish demarcation sign located at a point 500 feet north of the Davis (Indian) Pond outlet. This area shall be closed to the harvesting of shellfish seasonally while this anchorage area is in use from May 1 - October 31.Approved Area, East Lyme:
This area is bounded commencing by a line from a shellfish demarcation sign at the eastern extremity of land at Pond Point, east to Navigational buoy C"5" at Threefoot Rock, thence north-northeast to a shellfish demarcation sign on "The Bar", approximately 3000 feet west of the mouth of the Niantic River, exclusive of the area described in Area"F", which is closed seasonally and the Restricted (closed) area in the Niantic Bay Yacht Club boat basin and around the outlet from Davis Pond.