Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW BEDFORD — An additional 11,310 acres of New Bedford Harbor has been closed to shellfishing by the Department of Fish & ...

The closure does not include the Kickemuit River.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued an alert that about 5,000 gallons of untreated sewage were ...

Dave Bonney was perplexed last week when he learned the state would let him dig shellfish near Barrington Town Beach, but also recommended against swimming at the beach, saying it was unhealthy due to ...

WARREN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced Thursday that roughly 515 acres of Mount Hope Bay will once again be “conditionally approved” for ...

Justin Whipple is waist deep in water at Gull Cove, just off Route 24 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He’s shimmying a bit, his eyes fixed on a far-off point. While it looks like he’s doing some sort of ...

A pilot shellfish project planned for an area near Bassing Beach has been temporarily stalled as the town looks for another location to launch the project. “The town is still planning to pursue a ...

NEW BEDFORD — An additional 11,310 acres of New Bedford Harbor has been closed to shellfishing by the Department of Fish & Game’sDivision of Marine Fisheries to safeguard public health. Previously, ...

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 ...