A ruptured pipe spilled 800,000 gallons of untreated sewage into the Providence River, which feeds into Narragansett Bay, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image shows the area in Greenwich Cove, Warwick, that's being reopened to shellfishing. It increases by 10% the amount of ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a ten-part series on shellfishing, both recreational and professional. In the next article we will explore commercial shellfishing. WESTPORT -- They trudge out of ...

Parts of the Down East coast have been reopened to shellfish harvesting because of declining levels of a potentially harmful biotoxin produced by an unusual algae bloom. On Thursday, the Department of ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise on Aug. 2. A map of the shellfishing grounds that will temporarily be ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced Tuesday that several shellfish harvesting areas in Narragansett Bay have been closed due to ...

The Town of Barnstable announced Friday, May 1st, that several local waterways will be off-limits ...

QUINCY – More than 150 pounds of oysters harvested illegally at Wollaston Beach might have been the chef’s special on a restaurant menu earlier this summer. Instead, a state Environmental Police ...