Recycled oyster shell project targets ocean acidification along Maine coast
Researchers hope the oyster shell study will prove to be a viable way to revive flagging softshell clam harvests.
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Adam Morse, left, and Chad Coffin, both clammers from Freeport, install a net over one of the plots of recycled oyster shells in the Mill Creek Estuary on Friday. The shells were collected from nine Portland restaurants and are being installed in small plots to see they will change the chemistry of the mud overtime, making it less acidic and less harmful to shellfish. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
SOUTH PORTLAND Several hundred yards offshore, nestled in the mud of the Mill Creek Estuary, an experiment is underway to reduce coastal acidification that is decimating shellfish development and threatening Maine’s $15.7 million softshell clam harvest.
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