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World Prodigy Grounding - Quahog Spawner Sanctuary
World Prodigy Grounding - Quahog Spawner Sanctuary
Three 100-acre quahog spawner sanctuaries were established through the late 1990's -2000 in Narragansett Bay, RI to compensate for losses from the World Prodigy oil spill. Local shell fishermen were used to transplant the quahogs, Mercenaria mercenaria from polluted waters into clean spawning areas. Approximately 350,000 pounds of quahogs were successfully transplanted into the three sanctuaries.
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A slide of a map showing sites of the quahog spawner sanctuaries. The quahogspawner sanctuaries were established to compensate for injuries to shellfishafter oil spilled in Narragansett Bay when the World Prodigy ship grounded in1989. Quahogs were ta
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Date:
Spring 1997
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NOAA Restoration Center, Tom Ardito
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A slide of a map showing sites of the quahog spawner sanctuaries. The quahogspawner sanctuaries were established to compensate for injuries to shellfishafter oil spilled in Narragansett Bay when the World Prodigy ship grounded in1989. Quahogs were taken from polluted areas of Narragansett Bay and allowed todepurate and then moved into clean areas where they were protected from harvest.
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