Research enables fishermen to harvest lucrative shellfish on Georges Bank
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 10 April, 2013
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New scientific understanding of toxic algal blooms on Georges Bank, along with an at-sea and dockside testing protocol, has allowed fishermen to harvest ocean quahogs and surf clams in these offshore waters for the first time in more than two decades. The Georges Bank surf clam and ocean quahog fishery has an estimated annual value of $10-15 million....