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Northshore October 2025
  The Massachusetts Oyster Project has partnered with Maritime Gloucester on a groundbreaking project to raise oysters in a tank on the pier located at the Maritime Museum at 23 Harbor Loop.  Water from Gloucester Harbor will be pumped into the tank, known as an upweller, circulated through silos containing the oysters, and released back into the harbor.  The oysters filter and feed from the plankton in the water, cleansing the water in the process. Water samples will be collected from both the intake and outflow of the tank to determine the oysters’ impact on water quality. “Oysters are a huge part of Massach
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