Scituate, Marshfield relay for clams

Volunteers turned out on a drizzly afternoon to load 200 mesh onion sacks filled with quahogs onto boats, ride out to the clam beds of the North River, and broadcast the quahogs into the shallows. Led by the Marshfield and Scituate harbormasters, the volunteers transplanted contaminated clams from the Taunton River in what is known as a shellfish relay. The volunteers head to the boats to begin the relay.
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By Jennette Barnes, Globe Correspondent
Volunteers turned out on a drizzly afternoon to load 200 mesh onion sacks filled with quahogs onto boats, ride out to the clam beds of the North River, and broadcast the quahogs into the shallows. Led by the Marshfield and Scituate harbormasters, the volunteers transplanted contaminated clams from the Taunton River in what is known as a shellfish relay.

The volunteers head to the boats to begin the relay.