Break Out The Nets, Scallop Season In The Niantic River OK’d

After learning that there’s enough scallops in the Niantic River, the shellfish commission approved a Dec. 15 – Jan. 15, 2020 season.

By Ellyn Santiago, Patch Staff
Nov 26, 2019 9:54 pm ET | Updated Nov 26, 2019 9:58 pm ET

The Niantic River in summer. (Ellyn Santiago/Patch)

EAST LYME, CT — What otherwise might have been a perfunctory read, the minutes from the Waterford East Lyme Shellfish Commission of Nov. 21 include something not often seen: a scallop season in the Niantic River.

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