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Speaker 1: After several decades and billions of dollars, the Great Boston

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Speaker 1: Harbor cleanup has improved water qualities so much that recreational

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Speaker 1: shellfishing will be coming to communities like Winthrop, Hingham, and Hull.

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Speaker 2: Most of these waters have been closed for over one

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Speaker 2: hundred years, and these communities and the residents therein have

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Speaker 2: not had the opportunity to shellfish like other parts of

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Speaker 2: the state, so this is really exciting.

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Speaker 1: Wayne Cassngway is with the Division of Marine Fisheries in

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Speaker 1: the Gloucester Office. He says it will take a bit

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Speaker 1: longer before folks can go out clamming in those areas.

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Speaker 2: The cities and towns in the Otta Harbor will dictate

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Speaker 2: that because they need to hire staff, develop regulations, and

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Speaker 2: get ready to manage these important resources.

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Speaker 1: Shellfishing could begin as early as next summer for some

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Speaker 1: towns and maybe next year for others In Gloucester. James

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Speaker 1: Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio