CLAMMERS MAKE THEIR WAY across Maquoit Bay in Brunswick in an airboat at sunset in September.
A rare, late-season toxic algae bloom has prompted the state to close some of the most productive clamming areas.
The closure that stretches from Portland Harbor to the west side of Harpswell affects hundreds of acres of clam flats in Freeport and Brunswick, as well as mussel and oyster farms in those communities and around Chebeague Island.
Maine Department of Marine Resources spokesman Jeff Nichols tells Maine Public that this is a precautionary closure.
SHOWN AT THE Freeport Town Wharf are, from left, Sara Randall of the Downeast Institute, clammer and member of the Maine Clammers Association Chad Coffin, and Dr. Brian Beal of the University of Maine and Downeast Institute.
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