Coastwide Data on 2020 Clam Recruitment Released
Comprehensive information about clam settlement across Maine’s mudflats in 2020 has been released in a Technical Report. Overall, researchers found lower than expected average juvenile clam [...]
Utilizing Lobster Pounds to Expand Shellfish Aquaculture to Downeast Maine
Over the course of the summer of 2020, DEI conducted a pilot study to determine whether it is possible to grow oysters and other shellfish in unused Downeast region lobster pounds. Cold water [...]
Public invited to see clam restoration efforts
On June 6, join DEI's Shellfish Production Manager Kyle Pepperman in Gouldboro to learn about different techniques used to restore clamflats. Gouldsboro Shellfish Committee has built a Shellfish [...]
Film Documenting the Community-Based Origins of Downeast Institute Released
A new film tells the story about how a group of dedicated community members began a 4-H project to grow clams and, through grit and determination, persevered to build a public shellfish hatchery [...]
