shellfishing

More than a century ago, shellfishing was a major industry.

Port Washington: Estates to Houseboats Melanie Lefkowitz 2011

A pulp mill ran just long enough to pollute and ruin for decades prime oyster waters around the shellfishing capital of Shelton, a drab town of 9,000 that has the air of having seen better times, but not recently.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

Fishing is a legendarily hazardous occupation, particularly Alaskan shellfishing, and fatalities have been increasing in recent years.

America's Deadliest Jobs 2010

Fishing is a legendarily hazardous occupation, particularly Alaskan shellfishing, and fatalities have been increasing in recent years.

America's Deadliest Jobs 2010

After dissecting yet another male-centered anthropological study, she states The great reassessment happening in anthropology is the realization that the complex of behaviors that seem to mark the emergence of highly intelligent Homo are those activities that have always been associated with women: plant gathering and processing, communal resource acquisition and provisioning — including shellfishing.

BROAD CAST AND UPDATES, 29 OCTOBER 2007 Maggie Jochild 2007

Many of the nation's fishing and shellfishing industries harvest wetland-dependent species; the catch is valued at US$15 billion a year.

Wetland 2008

Consist primarily of unconsolidated sediments (sand, gravel, etc.); are subject to wind, wave, and tidal energies; are subject to the impacts of coastal storms and sea-level rise; buffer the mainland from the impact of storms; include associated landward aquatic habitats that are protected from direct wave attack by the fastland (non-wetland) portion of the coastal barrier; and protect and maintain productive estuarine systems which support the Nation's fishing and shellfishing industries.

Coastal barriers in the United States 2008

And a state senator whose district is heavily impacted says the shellfishing industry needs help now.

CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005 2005

Experts say, if eaten, it can lead to numbness, paralysis, or even death. (voice-over): Benjamin, who has been shellfishing for more than 20 years, can only show us what she would normally be doing on this sunny day.

CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005 2005

And a state senator whose district is heavily impacted says the shellfishing industry needs help now.

CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005 2005