Thank you to Barnstable Natural Resource Deptarment

[Joe G]

6 mins ago, bradW said:

what self respecting waterman sends oysters to the dump? If they can't be sold, toss them back off the grant and they will support a wild fishery. 

 

Yes, I was also taken aback by that, but Bob Rheault, executive director of East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, which represents 1,500+ shellfish farmers from Maine to Florida is quoted as saying just that.