Menemsha Pond and Katama Bay reopened to oyster harvesting on Friday morning after being closed for a week to investigate several cases of gastrointestinal illness. 

The state Division of Marine Fisheries closed Menemsha Pond and Katama Bay to oyster harvesting last week as a precaution after people have become infected with a gastrointestinal illness.

The state Department of Environmental Protection Monday granted Edgartown emergency authorization to dredge Katama Bay, clearing the way for a project intended to help restore the storm-battered South Beach.

Committees from Edgartown and Chilmark shuttled up to the state house last week and came back with nearly $300,000 in grant funding for coastal resiliency and climate change planning.

Katama Bay oyster farms have been closed for two weeks following three confirmed cases of Vibrio illness tied to oysters from the area.

Katama Bay oyster farms reopened for business Thursday morning after a two-week closure because of Vibrio illness traced to consumption of raw oysters harvested from the water. The 12 aquaculture farms operating on the bay were back up and running early Thursday.