The Suffolk Times

Three Southold creeks closed to harvesting over marine biotoxins

Jockey Creek, Town Creek and Goose Creek — are closed to shellfishing due to elevated marine biotoxins risk, a recurring ...
The Christian Science Monitor

A brief history of clam chowder – and a recipe – as Boston Harbor opens to shellfishing

Parts of Boston Harbor are clean enough for recreational shellfishing for the first time in a century. To mark the moment, we ...
WPRI 12

Mount Hope Bay closed to shellfishing after wastewater discharge

BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has extended the current shellfish harvesting closure in Mount Hope Bay following an unauthorized wastewater ...
The Providence Journal

Part of Bristol Harbor closed to shellfishing after sewage spill. What to know.

PROVIDENCE – A 458-acre portion of the western side of Bristol Harbor has been closed to shellfishing due to a sewage spill, the state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday. The ...
WGBH

Can a shellfishing license go to a company? Proposals spark controversy on Cape Cod.

On a sandbar just off the coast of Barnstable one recent windy morning, Corey Hendricks picked up a metal mesh bag. It’s one of 125 large bags laid out, all full of young oysters. “Once they get big ...
Yahoo

DEM temporarily closes shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise ...