Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW BEDFORD — An additional 11,310 acres of New Bedford Harbor has been closed to shellfishing by the Department of Fish & ...

A 180-acre section of Greenwich Bay that's been closed to shellfishing for two decades will reopen Friday morning, Gov. Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced ...

SCITUATE – A pilot shellfish project planned for an area near Bassing Beach has been temporarily stalled as the town looks for another location to launch the project. “(Scituate) is still planning to ...

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 ...

A large swath of Port Jefferson Harbor has been opened to shellfishing for the first time in seven years after tests found there was less danger of contaminants caused by sewage and excessive rainfall ...

Several parts of the Long Island coastline reopened Friday to shellfishing after being shut down Monday over concerns about bacteria in stormwater runoff, state officials said. Water samples tested ...