Bill and Kathy Lundgren from Bayside, Queens, look for shells along the shore at Orient Beach State Park in Orient on Saturday, July 11, 2015.

And CORR is returning 125,000 pounds of hard shells to Long Island Sound. Beyond bolstering a healthy oyster population, it feeds to Connecticut economy, quite literally.

Everybody has their favorite places to beachcomb along the Ocean State’s 400-plus miles of coast. Here are a few that are popular: Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Middletown ...