Shellfish enterprise aims to cultivate gold mussels, expand Maine’s seed hatchery
George Harvey Mon, 02/01/2021 - 8:15pm
Gold Mussels created by the Downeast Institute in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels. (Courtesy Downeast Institute)
Downeast Institute production manager Kyle Pepperman and Blue Hill Bay Mussels’ Evan Young. (Courtesy Maine Sea Grant)
Gold Mussels created by the Downeast Institute in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels. (Courtesy Downeast Institute)
Gold Mussels created by the Downeast Institute in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels. (Courtesy Downeast Institute)
BEALS The Downeast Institute, in partnership with Blue Hill Bay Mussels, has found a solution, the Beals-based organization says, to weaning the state’s Maine mussel farmers from being fully reliant on wild seed and wild seed capture to produce their mussels.