The Sea Level Rise Committee often has invited guests speak on particular subjects at their meetings and on Tuesday, December 5, Bill McCombe was on hand to talk about the
Thu, 01/14/2021 - 6:30pm
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Sweet as the scallops are, the Harbors Department and Shellfish Commission want you to know that the scallop season has ended in the Great Salt Pond. Photo by R. Meyer.
Members of the Shellfish Commission, along with Harbormaster Kate McConville and Head Shellfish Warden Nancy Ziomek got busy planning to bring back the upweller at their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
The town-owned upweller, used to grow tiny shellfish, is located at the Block Island Maritime Institute docks next to their building in New Harbor. It takes a lot of work to nurture the shellfish with the hopes of growing them out to a large enough size that they can withstand predators. In past years it has been used to grow oysters and quahogs, but this past summer, with everything else going on, it went unused.