Green Crab Demographics Across Maine from 2020-2022
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 [...]
Investigating Factors Affecting Growth and Survival of Clams in West Jonesport (2022)
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 [...]
DEI Transfers Technology to Towns Looking to Restore Flats Ravaged by Green Crabs
Date: Dec. 14, 2022 Maine Public featured efforts to sustain clamming in the face of warming waters and invasive green crabs in Gouldsboro. DEI has provided technical expertise through the years [...]
Intertidal recruitment of soft-shell clams, blue mussels, and green crabs at two sites in Taunton Bay in Franklin
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 [...]
Shellfish lab to harbor first clam crop
The Ellsworth American details some of Downeast Institute's work with communities to reverse the trend of decreasing clam harvests.
Effects of Oyster Shell Recycling vs Predator Protection on Mudflat Acidity and Shellfish Enhancement
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 [...]
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 [...]
Recycled oyster shell project targets ocean acidification along Maine coast
Researchers hope the oyster shell study will prove to be a viable way to revive flagging softshell clam harvests. Date: April 23, 2021 Author: Kelley Bouchard Media: Portland Press Herald Link: [...]
Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer
Chad Coffin has spent the coronavirus pandemic much as he has the previous several decades: on the mudflats of Maine, digging for the clams that draw tourists to seafood shacks around New [...]
Researchers Find Adding Shells to Mudflats for Coastal Acidification Does Not Enhance Clam Populations
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 [...]
