(AP) — Oyster cultivator Don Merry, left, looks on as Jason Costa, an employee of Merry's Oysters, broadcasts oyster seed from their boat into Duxbury Bay in Duxbury, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013.
Oyster harvesting on Massachusetts' South Shore has been closed since Aug. 30, 2013 due to bacterial contamination from the Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria and may remain closed until mid-October. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)