Eastern Maine Community Clam Culture (2017-2019)
DEI has been working with towns in eastern Maine since 1987 when we were known as the Beals Island Regional Shellfish Hatchery. Our work continues today as we transfer knowledge and technology [...]
Freeport: Investigating the Cause of the Clam Decline (2013-2018)
Over the past thirty years, Maine’s soft-shell clam landings have ranked second or third in commercial value of all marine species harvested in Maine waters, with dockside values in 2015 reaching [...]
Efficacy of Using Predator-Deterrent Netting to Protect Clam Recruits in Southwestern, Midcoast, and Eastern Maine (2014 & 2015)
During the summer and fall of 2014 and 2015, area biologists from the Maine Department of Marine Resources and DEI staff teamed up to examine the efficacy of using predator-deterrent netting to [...]
Predator Protection Studies in the Webhannet and Fore River (2014 & 2015)
Beginning in May 2014 and 2015, we initiated a study in Wells (Webhannet River) and in Portland (Fore River) to examine the interactive effects of tidal height and predator exclusion on the fate [...]
Stockton Springs: Methods of Attracting Soft-Shell Clam Juveniles to Areas of the Intertidal Zone (2007)
Field Experiments to Investigate Methods of Attracting Wild Soft- Shell Clam Juveniles to Discrete Areas of the Intertidal Zone in Stockton Harbor (Stockton Springs 2007) In 2007, DEI received a [...]
Edmunds & Lubec Clam Farms (2007)
In April 2007, DEI began a clam farm demonstration project with clammers and the shellfish committee in the Washington County township of Edmunds and in the town of Lubec. The project is funded [...]
Hampton Harbor, NH: Juvenile Clam Mortality Study (2001-2006)
From November 2001 to December 2006, DEI and the University of Maine at Machias received funding from the New Hampshire Estuaries Project to examine the reasons for high mortality of soft-shell [...]
