" 'cumulative environmental'  impacts of shellfish operations across the state". What a bunch of hogwash this suit is. Why? Because prior to man mass harvesting any shellfish bed, so-called shellfish beds were so full of shellfish that they were packed in shell to shell because of the high intensity of natural shellfish beds. If one visits shellfish beds where shellfish are not harvested, there is clear empirical evidence of such ultra high intensity of shellfish population. Secondly, on subject matter of "use of nets, plastic tubes and other gear pose challenges to birds and other wildlife", presently law suit cannot provide any empirical evidence whatsoever, but only speculative opinion. Such hyper-environmentalists are destroying free enterprise solely on baseless premises.  "Fake science"