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Samples of wild and farmed oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria) from various water bodies in the Cape Cod region were analyzed for nitrogen stored in the shells and tissues. (Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant )

Woods Hole Sea Grant Extension Agent Joshua Reitsma collects shellfish samples in Barnstable Harbor during fieldwork in 2012. (Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant )

These surf clams (Spisula solidissima) were grown under nets in Barnstable Harbor on Cape Cod and harvested in their second year of growth. (Photo by Abigail Archer, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension)