Crates of oysters sit on the dock of Blue Stream Shellfish in Fairhaven in January. Photo by Adam Goldstein / The New Bedford Light
After a storm wiped out Luke Sebesta’s Dartmouth aquaculture business in 2022, he was looking forward to purchasing 20,000 seed oysters this spring to get it back up and running. But this March, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries announced new restrictions on shellfish beds in parts of Buzzards Bay. Now, his re-opening of his Nonquitt oyster farm — Buzzards Bay Oysters — is at a “standstill.”
“It’s making me question whether it’s even worth it,” he said.
On March 12, the state…
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