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  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine.  digging clams in Quahog Bay on Thursday afternoon. He and a small group of diggers cut through the ice at low water to dig here. .Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. David Wilson Jr, left, of Harpswell, flips over a 10-inch thick chunk of ice with a prybar as his father gathers up his sled into a bag.  The Wilsons, along with Nate Reno, center, and several other diggers cut into the Quahog Bay's layer of ice  on Thursday afternoon. .Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
    Quahog Bay clammer 18.JPG
  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. David Wilson Sr. of Harpswell, left, digs clams in Quahog Bay on Thursday afternoon. He and a small group of diggers cut through the ice at low water to dig here. Wilson is regarded as the best digger on the coast of Maine by his peers for stamina, " He just brings 'em in, " said one digger nearby..Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. Nate Reno, left, of Harpswell, drives  a prybar into a chunk of ice preparing to flip and move it while David Wilson Sr.  digs for softshell clams in Quahog Bay on Thursday afternoon. Reno and a friend, David Wilson, Jr. did the heavy work for the elder Wilson, whom this group contends is the best clam digger on the coast of Maine. .Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11, 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. Michael Bernier of Harpswell takes a short break from digging clams in Quahog Bay on Thursday afternoon. He and a small group of diggers cut through the ice at low water with chain saws to dig here. <br />
Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11, 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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  • 2/17/11 -- HARPSWELL, Maine.  David Wilson Sr of Harpswell digs clams in Quahog Bay on Thursday afternoon. He and a small group of diggers cut through the ice at low water to gahter clams in this recently opened zone.  .Quahog Bay was reopened for digging on Feb 11 2011 after many years of closure, according to Department of Marine Resources Biotoxin Monitoring Manager, Darcie Couture. She wrote, "This area had been closed for many years due to failing water quality, caused by bacterial pollution. A serious pollution source was recently identified and remediated.  The area will close in June for the summer, because unfortunately, this area, like many others on the Maine coast, suffer from the increased pressure of a seasonal summer population, which negatively impacts water quality, and results in many of our shellfish resources remaining closed to harvest during that time." Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
    Quahog Bay clammer 11.JPG
  • 5/14/09 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. Ken Bailey, 52, a Brunswick resident with a Harpswell, non-resident license pitches a clam into his bucket while clam digging in Middle Bay on Thursday morning. Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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  • 5/14/09 -- HARPSWELL, Maine. After Clam Digger Ken Bailey hauls out a fork full of mud, clams he has found have the instinct to shoot out the water they've stored.  Bailey, 52, of Brunswick has dug clams for a living for the last 16 years. With the passage of LD 447 he thinks he stands a chance to make ends meet. But - he's not ready to buy a new sink yet. Photo by Roger S. Duncan.
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