Boston Harbor Welcomes Back Shellfish Harvesting, Says Goodbye to Dirty Water
For the first time in a century, water quality has improved enough in areas of Boston Harbor to allow people to harvest clams, oysters and mussels.
“Boston Harbor was once too polluted for fishing due to the dumping of toxic sludge and untreated wastewater,” said Priscilla Brooks, who works on ocean conservation at the Conservation Law Foundation. “Doing the right thing now, even if it’s costly, delivers remarkable results later on — returns that the public can and will enjoy.”
Shellfish absorb contaminants attached to any algae or plankton they...
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