Sentence examples for shellfish harvesting from inspiring English sources

The runoff from the midmonth eight-day rainstorm and the northeaster that followed it poured into basements, overflowed recharge basins, backed up sewers, flooded low-lying spots and contaminated coastal waterways, leading to bans on shellfish harvesting.

The waters were closed to shellfish harvesting on July 13 and the federal agency said several cases of food-related illnesses were linked to tainted clams and oysters from the harbor.

But Mr. Martin was under pressure from the United States Food and Drug Administration, which told the state to improve its monitoring of shellfish harvesting or risk a federal order to shut down the industry.

To extend the reach of the human arm, long-handled tools were invented, such as spears, which can be thrust, thrown, or discharged, and clamps, tongs, and raking devices for shellfish harvesting.

(AP) CONNECTICUT NORWALK: UNTREATED SEWAGE RUNOFF -- A power failure at a local wastewater treatment plant sent about a million gallons of untreated sewage into Long Island Sound on Tuesday, prompting officials to ban shellfish harvesting temporarily in waters near Norwalk, Westport and Darien.

While permits for all types of commercial shellfish harvesting on Long Island were down to 1,727 last year from 7,618 in 1980, according to state figures, officials expect that license requests would increase if adult clams returned, especially during a severe economic downturn.

As number of recreational harvest days per year decreases, harvesters are likely to experience reduced shellfish harvest and loss of cultural benefits, such as family engagement and traditional harvesting by native coastal tribes.

However, green crab prefer to prey on juvenile shellfish while shellfish harvest biomass is of adult shellfish, estimates based on harvested adult may overestimate predation impacts.

Alternatively, consumers can eat raw shellfish harvested from cold waters, where Vibrio vulnificus is not found.

Virtually all shellfish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico during warmer months harbor deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

In the 1980's, stories about tainted shellfish harvested from polluted waters were so numerous that many people simply gave up raw clams and oysters.