Conch-L,
There is a simpler program of 'depuperation' in N.Y.  Clams are harvested in the relatively polluted but productive water off southern Staten Island and brought to bays in Long Island to clean themselves for a few weeks before being marketed.  Here it is simply a way of using an otherwise underutilized resource, not repopulating a bay.
Allen Aigen

---------- Kay Peterson <[log in to unmask]> writes:

Yes, Dr. Mienis, there is such a program.

Every year, thousands of Mercenaria mercenaria--nice and hard, and
resilient--are moved from polluted to clean areas in Narragansett Bay.  The
Quahoggers who move them are paid by the pound to do so, the clams clean
themselves, and the same men can later reharvest these clams to sell.
Everybody wins!

Neat idea, don't you think?

Kay Grumbles Peterson




Allen Aigen
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