After 50 years, DEM reopens Portsmouth shellfishing grounds

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 924

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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In poetic punctuation to end Rhode Island’s 10th annual Quahog Week, the state is reopening a section of Narragansett Bay along the Portsmouth shoreline for the first time in half a century.

Saturday will be the first time the 462-acre area south of the Mount Hope Bridge has been open to shellfishing since 1975, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM). The reopening reflects longstanding state efforts across multiple agencies to improve …

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