A ban on soft shell clams and razor clams harvesting in some parts of Massachusetts coastline has been lifted.
The state Division of Marine Fisheries said Friday that an area stretching from Boston to the New Hampshire border would reopen to the harvesting of soft shell clams and razor clams.
But official said the area remains closed to the harvesting of blue mussels, surf clams, carnivorous snails and whole sea scallops.
The Cape Ann area, which includes Gloucester, had been closed to the taking of all bivalve shellfish for about a week because of the toxic algae bloom.
Sea scallop adductor muscle is excluded from the ban.