N.J. grower slams about-face on pick-your-own shellfish

摘要

A grower of clams and oysters is shell shocked after he says New Jersey environmental authorities gave him apermit for a pick-your-own shellfish program, only to reverse course just as the business was to begin.Matthew Gregg got a permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection in December after laying outplans to allow members of the public to buy licenses, rent boats and dig shellfish from a plot he leases inBarnegat Bay, just off Barnegat Light.