Maine Pushes Forward with Study to Correct Declining Soft-Shell Clam Production in Harspwell
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Forecaster] by Walter Wuthmann - July 31, 2015
After being described as Maine's epicenter of neoplasia, a disease that kills soft-shell clams, the town wants to find out if it still deserves the distinction.
A healthy soft-shell clam from a study on ocean acidication and shellfish decline done by Friends of Casco Bay.
The finding came after clams from 32 of Harpswell's 54 coves were tested for the disease between 2011-2012. Now, the town wants to test those coves again to track any changes...
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