The mud flats off Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick have been closed to clam harvesters since last spring in order to refresh the clam resource, but some 20 worm harvesters per day never left the flats.

The House of Representatives has signed off on a legislative fix designed to allow harvesters of marine worms and other marketable species to continuing plying their trade near Acadia National Park.

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Commercial harvesters have dug for critters such as worms, clams and periwinkles on the mudflats around Acadia National Park for generations, and federal legislation moving through Congress would make ...