Clam Protection
Date: Aug. 31, 2020 Media: Mount Desert Islander Author: Liz Graves Source: https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/waterfront/clam-protection
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 [...]
Quahog (Hard Clam) Growth and Survival in Eastern Maine: Phase II (2011-2013)
DEI assisted clammer Joseph Porada with a USDA-SBIR Phase II grant to farm quahogs (hard clams). In doing so, DEI conducted field experiments to evaluate the biological and economic efficacy of [...]
Farming Quahogs in Downeast Maine(2006)
In February 2006, the Maine Technology Institute funded a request by DEI to examine the hatchery, nursery, and overwintering phases of quahogs (hard clams). Typically, this species of clam is [...]
