UMaine Researchers Study Steep Decline in Down East Maine’s Soft-shell Clam Harvest

In eastern Maine, landings of soft-shell clams have been in steady decline for nearly three decades. Despite the $12.25 million clam harvest in Maine in 2007, the fishery is but a shadow of its former self when compared to highs in the past century. Particularly hard-hit is Washington County, once the state’s largest source of read more UMaine Researchers Study Steep Decline in Down East Maine’s Soft-shell Clam Harvest