![]() Some flats were closed even earlier in the 20th century.īut with efforts to clean up pollution and careful monitoring of bacteria levels, the division has begun to open some local beds to commercial clammers. The closing of the Merrimack River flats dates back to a national program that was instituted in 1925-26 because of concerns that diseases such as cholera and typhus were transmitted through the consumption of clams, according to Dave Roach, the Merrimack River biologist for the Division of Marine Fisheries. Hopefully they’ll open some other local areas, too.” “They need dozens and dozens of good tests before they can classify a flat as open. ![]() “This is vital to us right now, because other areas are depleted,” said Stanley, of the family-run Stanley Seafood Co., a Revere-based wholesale distributor to restaurants and seafood retailers in New England. Master digger Bob Stanley and his crew were the first to buy permits for Joppa Flat, and the first to dig. ![]()
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