Oftshell Clams News Today

Oysters, like most living things, don’t follow strict rules of propagation. Stick them in cages or bags on a farm and the spat escapes and settles elsewhere.

AUGUSTA — The Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Conservation (FBRSC) Committee will use a $3,300 grant from Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to address declining softshell clam populations.

“Most of the accesses that were lost were handshake agreements. So, every year you have new landowners. You‘re constantly repeating the exact same things.”