Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Bonney was perplexed last week when he learned the state would let him dig shellfish near Barrington Town Beach, but also ...

NEW BEDFORD — An additional 11,310 acres of New Bedford Harbor has been closed to shellfishing by the Department of Fish & Game’sDivision of Marine Fisheries to safeguard public health. Previously, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...