Vibrio found in Sagaponack, Mecox and Georgica ponds; DEC closes shellfishing areas and trustees add monitoring.

It’s well-known that the town of Darien loves, and makes strong use of, its access to the water. Plenty of shoreline, and a number of private and public clubs and beach associations along that ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a ten-part series on shellfishing, both recreational and professional. In the next article we will explore commercial shellfishing. WESTPORT -- They trudge out of ...

In poetic punctuation to end Rhode Island’s 10th annual Quahog Week, the state is reopening a section of Narragansett Bay ...

Parts of the Down East coast have been reopened to shellfish harvesting because of declining levels of a potentially harmful biotoxin produced by an unusual algae bloom. On Thursday, the Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image shows the area in Greenwich Cove, Warwick, that's being reopened to shellfishing. It increases by 10% the amount of ...

Justin Whipple is waist deep in water at Gull Cove, just off Route 24 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He’s shimmying a bit, his eyes fixed on a far-off point. While it looks like he’s doing some sort of ...

A 462-acre area in Narragansett Bay is reopening to shellfishing for the first time since 1975. Water quality has improved ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise on Aug. 2. A map of the shellfishing grounds that will temporarily be ...

Wastewater management improvements due to infrastructure investments have resulted in lower bacteria levels in the area.