Soft-Shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network
Downeast Institute has established a soft-shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network that spans the entire coast of Maine.
Maine Researchers Want to Know if Bigger is Better When it Comes to Clam Reproduction
On May 16, 2022, The Bangor Daily News featured a story about Downeast Institute (DEI) being awarded a 2-year National Marine Fisheries Service Saltonstall Kennedy grant to study clam [...]
Downeast Institute Receives 2-Year NMFS Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant to Study Clam Reproduction
On May 3, 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service announced that they are recommending Downeast Institute to be one of the 2022 Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Grants Program award recipients. DEI [...]
Coastwide Data on 2020 Clam Recruitment Released
Comprehensive information about clam settlement across Maine’s mudflats in 2020 has been released in a Technical Report. Overall, researchers found lower than expected average juvenile clam [...]
Research to Support Clam Management Published
The results of studies investigating the effectiveness of a popular technique used by towns in the hopes that it will increase clam harvests was published in the December 2020 issue of Journal of [...]
New Report Details Clam Survey Results From Across the State
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 [...]
Bremen Clam Experiment Shows No Benefit from Brushing, Netting
Newspaper: The Lincoln County News Date published: January 16, 2020 at 9:01 am Author: Alexander Violo Web address: [...]
Harvesters, Scientists Team Up on Clam Study in Bremen
Source: Lincoln County News Author: Alexander Violo Date: November 8, 2019 Link: https://lcnme.com/currentnews/harvesters-scientists-team-up-on-clam-study-in-bremen/
DEI tests brushing across the coast, baseline survey results show clam densities are highest in eastern Maine
DEI scientists recently deployed studies across the Maine coast that will determine if the brushing method works to increase clam populations. This study marks the first time ever that this [...]
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 [...]
