Research

Downeast Institute developed a novel method for measuring ocean acidification (OA) of shellfish habitat— mudflats — and has monitored OA alongside clam recruitment and survival at two Clam [...]

We can look at data from the Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network  to begin examining potential trends around green crab densities and size across the state of Maine. 2020 Intertidal Green Crab [...]

A pilot study was conducted in West Jonesport in 2022 to examine effects of: 1) tidal height; 2) stocking density; and, 3) predator exclusion using netting on the survival and growth of [...]

From April- November 2022 Downeast Institute collaborated with the Friends of Taunton Bay to measure recruitment behavior of soft-shell clams and green crabs at two intertidal mudflats in Taunton [...]

Downeast Institute has established a soft-shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network that spans the entire coast of Maine.

During 2021, Downeast Institute and partners continued our work testing the effects of sediment buffering (adding recycled crushed shells to mudflats) vs predator protection on commercial [...]

DEI's research, representing the New England region, will work to improve the resilience of hatchery-reared blue mussels to the interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming with diet [...]

Arctic surfclams, Mactromeris polynyma, are a $100 million fishery in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. This valuable species grows in the Gulf of Maine, but commercial quantities don’t exist in Maine [...]