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The rapid growth of oyster aquaculture along Maine’s coast, one of the bright spots of how the changing climate is affecting the state’s marine economy, is producing another side benefit along [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

2013 Experiments: #1: Green crab exclusionary fencing #2: Green crab trapping #3: Effects of netting on clam survival #4: Growth rates of juvenile clams across the tidal gradient

Downeast Institute has established a soft-shell Clam Recruitment Monitoring Network that spans the entire coast of Maine.

Media: The Times Record Journalist: Kathleen O’ Brien Date: January 30, 2020 Source: [...]

September 27, 2019 Bangor Daily News by Bill Trotter Source: https://bangordailynews.com/2019/09/27/news/hancock/a-crab-shell-sighting-at-acadia-is-more-evidence-of-a-ticking-time-bomb-on-maines-coast/

Source: Waters off the coast of Maine vulnerable to changing climate Warming within the swirling ocean depths of the Gulf of Maine has implications for all life and livelihoods within the [...]

Source: The Guardian Author: Josh Wood Date: June 21, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/21/coping-with-crisis-how-scientists-are-making-an-invasive-crab-a-delicacy