Soft-Shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network
Downeast Institute has established a soft-shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network that spans the entire coast of Maine.
Testing Brushing as a Method to Enhance Clam Populations
In May of 2019, DEI scientists deployed studies across the Maine coast to determine if the traditional practice of brushing works to increase soft-shell clam populations, the first time [...]
Soft-Shell Clam Recruitment in the St. George and Weskeag Rivers (2017 & 2018)
DEI studied soft-shell clam recruitment in the St. George River and the Weskeag River in 2017, and the upper St. George River in 2018.
Freeport: Investigating the Cause of Soft-Shell Clam Decline (2013-2018)
From 2013-2018, the Downeast Institute completed the largest intertidal research project in Maine’s history. In cooperation with the town of Freeport and the Maine Clammers Associations, [...]
Efficacy of Using Predator-Deterrent Netting to Protect Clam Recruits in Southwestern, Midcoast, and Eastern Maine (2014 & 2015)
Discover the efficacy of using predator-deterrent netting to protect wild soft-shell clam recruits at sites across the entire Maine coast.
Portland and Wells: Examining How Predator Protection Increases Clam Survival in the Webhannet and Fore Rivers (2014 & 2015)
DEI examined the interactive effects of tidal height and predator exclusion on the survival and growth of wild and cultured soft-shell clams.
Methods of Attracting Soft-Shell Clam Juveniles to Areas of the Intertidal Zone (Stockton Springs, 2007)
Stockton Harbor was once a very productive clamming area in the State of Maine. Today, however, no commercial clamming occurs in this region. In 2007, the towns of Stockton Springs and Searsport [...]
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 was funded [...]
