There’s 2+ great articles in the Newburyport Current by Barbara Taormina about the idea of restoring clams and oysters to local waters once more. Basic summary: Its possible and would be a great benefit locally…and there remain issues to deal with including the need to continue using the Plum Island purification plant before sending clams to market [or to a clammers' own dinner plate]. Salisbury is doing it and we might consider something along this line as both an environmental as well as economic development project.