Bar Harbor's shellfish ordinance expands | Maritime
BAR HARBOR — The town council voted unanimously to expand Bar Harbor’s shellfish conservation ordinance to include four new species— eastern oysters, quahogs, razor clams, and hen or surf clams.
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BAR HARBOR — The town council voted unanimously to expand Bar Harbor’s shellfish conservation ordinance to include four new species— eastern oysters, quahogs, razor clams, and hen or surf clams.
On an island where waterfront homes are usually reserved for the wealthy few, word that a lovely seaside retreat was on the market for just $600,000 — a price that seemed to be missing a zero — raced across Nantucket this winter.
Once asking $2.3 million, a home on the affluent New England island has sold for a fraction -- as erosion put it in jeopardy.
New Bedford Harbor is seeing an expansion of the areas closed to shellfishing in due to outfalls from wastewater treatment plants in New Bedford and Fairhaven.
New Bedford Harbor is seeing an expansion of the areas closed to shellfishing in due to outfalls from wastewater treatment plants in New Bedford and Fairhaven.