Since late 2019, quahog clam commercial and recreational harvesting areas near the US city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, have been closed due to contamination concerns. At a meeting on Tuesday (Aug. 9), a city council committee discussed asking mayor Jon Mitchell to petition the state's Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) for permission to relocate the shellfish area to cleaner waters, The New Bedford Light reports. [...]
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