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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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.