As red tide eases, state opens some shellfish beds ; On Thursday, officials open coastline stretching from Biddeford Pool to Flying Point in Freeport.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: October 24, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
10-24-2003
As red tide eases, state opens some shellfish beds ; On Thursday, officials open coastline stretching from Biddeford Pool to Flying Point in Freeport.
Byline: JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State

Tollef Olsen kept smiling as he unloaded several crates of fresh mussels at Harbor Fish Market on Thursday.

"We're back," he said. "It feels good."
A severe bloom of toxic red tide along the Maine coast during the past several weeks had forced clam diggers and mussel farmers like Olsen to take time ...

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