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Downeast Institute’s efforts to sustain mussel production in the face of increased seawater temperatures and associated higher levels of predation was featured in the August 19, 2023 Boston [...]

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.

Downeast Institute welcomed our inaugural pair of Downeast Institute (DEI) Fellows in May. The Fellowship allows PhD student Raymond Czaja from Stony Brook University and graduate student [...]

DEI’s 2022 Climate Change Seminars kicks off at noontime on Tuesday, July 12 and continues for 6 weeks. The  seminars highlight the groundbreaking marine research conducted at Downeast [...]

Sunrise Senior College at the University of Maine at Machias is offering a FREE class about the future of shellfish in the gulf of Maine with Dr. Brian Beal on Wednesday, February 9. W2205- The [...]

The Ellsworth American details some of Downeast Institute's work with communities to reverse the trend of decreasing clam harvests.

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 [...]