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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 [...]

Arctic surfclams, Mactromeris polynyma, are a $100 million fishery in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. This valuable species grows in the Gulf of Maine, but commercial quantities don’t exist in Maine [...]

Instead, Study Finds Excluding Predators Dramatically Increases Abundance of Juvenile Clams Freeport, ME —Spreading clam and oyster shells on the mudflats in an effort to counteract the effects [...]

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/  

The Downeast Institute’s Sara Randall presented the results of DEI’s field research into the effects of sediment buffering and predator exclusion on soft-shell clams during the Ocean [...]

Source: Portland Press Herald Date: July 12, 2014 Author: Jennifer Van Allen Link: https://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/12/some-claws-for-alarm-green-crabs/ The invasive species is a threat to [...]

Media: Island Ad-Vantages Date: May 16, 2013 Author: Jessica Brophy Source: https://penobscotbaypress.com/news/2013/may/16/students-conduct-hands-on-research-on-deer-isle-ca/#.Xp9HX257mCQ