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Date: Sept. 7, 2020 Media: Portland Press Herald, Associated Press Author: Patrick Whittle Source: [...]

Date: Aug. 31, 2020 Media: Mount Desert Islander Author: Liz Graves Source: https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/waterfront/clam-protection FREEPORT — Clam landings have declined over the past [...]

Instead, Study Finds Excluding Predators Dramatically Increases Abundance of Juvenile Clams Freeport, ME —Spreading clam and oyster shells on the mudflats in an effort to counteract the effects [...]

The results of soft-shell clam surveys conducted at eighteen flats across all three regions of the Maine coast were released in a report by the Downeast Institute (DEI) today. The surveys provide [...]

Source: The Ellsworth American Date: June 20, 2020 Author: Letitia Baldwin Source: https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/waterfront/shellfish-lab-proposed-on-gouldsboro-shore/ GOULDSBORO — [...]

For the last few weeks, I’ve written about ways that people can purchase local seafood. That has included everything from finfish to lobster to shellfish. Many people and organizations are [...]

The Natural Resources Council of Maine awarded grants to six Maine middle schools through our “Engaging Maine Middle School Students in Protecting the Nature of Maine” program, which Downeast [...]

Source: Penobscot Bay Pilot Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Islesboro community project aims to re-establish commercial clam fishery ROCKPORT — At the recent Shellfish Focus Day at the [...]

Source: Fishermen’s Voice Author: Sarah Craighead Dedmon Date: March 2020, Vol. 25, No. 3 DEI’s ‘Gold’ Mussel Could Open Markets to Maine Aquaculture You walk into an upscale Boston eatery [...]

Source: WABI5 Location: https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Downeast-Institute-receives-grant-to-support-scallop-hatchery-development–567531061.html Downeast Institute receives grant to [...]