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 [...]
2013 Field Studies: Investigating the Cause of the Clam Decline
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
Bioremediation to Reduce Milky Ribbon Worm Predation on Clams (2016 & 2017)
Milky ribbons worms were identified through DEI’s research as a major predator of soft-shell clams, contributing to the decline of soft-shell clam populations, especially in southern Maine. IIn [...]
Researchers debunk decades-old clamming methods in Harpswell
Media: The Times Record Journalist: Kathleen O’ Brien Date: January 30, 2020 Source: [...]
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/
