Harbor shellfishing was banned during the U.S. typhoid outbreak in 1925, though 'moderately contaminated' clams could be ...

Portions of the areas within the red circles of the productive shellfish habitat in greater Boston Harbor (shown in yellow) ...

“Thanks largely to the multi-billion-dollar clean-up of Boston Harbor, water quality has improved enough to reclassify ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a ten-part series on shellfishing, both recreational and professional. In the next article we will explore commercial shellfishing. WESTPORT -- They trudge out of ...

With Boston Harbor’s water quality on the rise, Massachusetts says digging shellfish recreationally or for direct sale to ...

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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 ...

Boston Harbor's shellfish areas to be reclassified, allowing direct human consumption for the first time in 100 years.

WARWICK — In yet another sign that the waters in and around Narragansett Bay are cleaner than they have been in generations, state regulators are opening up an area in the lower Providence River to ...