WELLFLEET -- Michael DeVasto is an oyster grower, wild harvester, and Wellfleet selectman, so when he was appointed to the Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative he had clear ideas about what he wanted to ...

GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) - As a surplus of toxic bacteria dubbed ‘red tide’ shuts down shellfishing along the Massachusetts shoreline, those that work directly in the seafood industry are feeling the ...

BOSTON -- Four years after filing suit against the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., Shell service station owners in Massachusetts went before a U.S. District Court judge in Boston Monday and claimed ...

The state Division of Marine Fisheries has shut down all shellfish harvesting areas from Newbury to Gloucester because of elevated levels of the marine biotoxin commonly known as red tide.The closure, ...

As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that drive a ...