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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: [...]

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 [...]

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

DEI’s research to find the cause of the clam decline identified milky ribbons worms to be a major predator of soft-shell clams, especially in southern Maine. In an effort to research methods to [...]

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

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/  

Hungry for clams? Be ready to dig deep Sky-high prices due to range of factors Penobscot Bay Press Originally published in Castine Patriot, July 18, 2019 and Island Ad-Vantages, July 18, 2019 and [...]