(Providence, RI)--The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management says the lower portion of the Providence River is being open to quahog-harvesting for the first time since records have been kept.The bottom two miles of the seven-mile-long river were opened to the activity at sunrise this morning.The DEM says this is a result of continued water quality improvements in Narragansett Bay and predicts the opening will result in a significant expansion of Rhode Island's quahog fishery.
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