In 2010, DEI assisted Mr. Joseph Porada with a USDA-SBIR Phase II proposal. Read the Final Report. (Above) Predator-deterrent netting at Goose Cove, Trenton Maine (24 June 2011; 0756)

In February 2006, the Maine Technology Institute funded a request by DEI to examine the hatchery, nursery, and overwintering phases of hard clams. Typically, this species of clam is associated with a geographic region that stretches from Florida to Southern Maine. There is, however, a small [...]

During 2009 and 2010, DEI assisted Mr. Joseph Porada with a number of field experiments designed to evaluate grow-out conditions for cultured hard clam seed as part of a project for USDA-SBIR Phase I. Evaluating subtidal and intertidal grow-out methods for cultured hard clams in eastern Maine: [...]