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Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery runs restoration and monitoring programs, offers free summer tours
Summary
Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery on Nantucket cultivates bay scallops, oysters and quahogs, monitors larval recruitment and eelgrass, and conducts community-led oyster reef restoration; staff said free tours are offered throughout the summer.
Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery staff said the facility cultivates native shellfish — bay scallops, oysters and quahogs — to support Nantucket’s fisheries and improve water quality, and that free tours run throughout the summer. "You can take a free tour of the hatchery all summer long and get a behind the scenes look at how we grow Nantucket shellfish population," a staff member, Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery, said.
The hatchery, located…
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