WELLFLEET — A new propagation program spawned by the town’s assistant shellfish constable offers hope of increasing the number of commercial shellfish permits, which allow people to harvest from the ...

WESTPORT — Town Shellfish Constable Gary Sherman was pleased to report some remarkable progress on his five-year campaign to raise $500,000 for the town's shellfish propagation gift fund to the Board ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A budget request made last year by Wellfleet Shellfish Constable Nancy Civetta laid out needs for the town shellfish department.

Shellfish departments across the Island are making efforts to adapt to several environmental factors that hampered last season’s bay scallop harvest. At the forefront of that effort is the Martha’s ...

Bourne for another year will participate in the shellfish relay program coordinated and sanctioned by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, moving seed from the Taunton River area to local ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Brunswick is backing away from a plan that would have increased shellfish ...

In Massachusetts, shellfish are a commodity. However, there wouldn’t be as many of them around without the help of shellfish propagation programs along the state's coast. Consider This co-host Paris ...

WESTPORT — The town's shellfish propagation effort is continuing full steam this year, with another 400,000 quahog seedlings planted in various parts of the Westport River this year, reports Westport ...

WELLFEET — At least 40 shellfishermen and women will benefit from a national program designed to help harvesters with income, moving product and improving recreational shellfish areas as the COVID-19 ...

The norovirus which has caused havoc to the cruise industry had emerged in Massachusetts waters forcing the closure of shell fishing within Wellfleet Harbor. The ban imposed by the Massachusetts ...