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Shellfish Harvesting Banned in MA

By debrobertson Posted on June 13, 2008 Posted in In the News Tagged with ban, shellfish

The Boston Globe reports that shellfish harvesting will be banned along the Massachusetts coast from the New Hampshire border to the Bourne-Sandwich town line due to the presence of a red tide. The term “red tide” refers to periods of …

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