State: Shellfish closure expands to Cape and Islands
Because of a toxic algal bloom, the state Division of Marine Fisheries has just expanded its shellfish closure from Buzzards Bay to include all areas in the southern portion of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.Towns with closures include Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Chatham, Aquinnah, Chilmark, West Tisbury, Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Nantucket. A...