Hard clams are bivalve mollusks that live in saline (>25 parts per thou-sand) waters and cannot tolerate low salinities or freshwater for an extend-ed period. Hard clams occur natural-ly all …
The recent breach in Fire Island, caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, could potentially help hard clam populations and the general health of Great South Bay by allowing for a …
Two Hard Clam species occur in Florida waters. The northern Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, is the most common and the most commercially important. It ranges from the Gulf of St. …
quahog, littleneck, or cherrystone. Hard clams support a large and valuable commercial shellfishery and aquaculture industry in thc eastern United States and they are frequently used …
A GIS-based hard clam habitat suitability map was produced using available environmental data from the Charlotte Harbor Water Atlas, the Lee County water quality database and the SCCF …
The culture of the hard clam can be divided into three stages: hatchery culture, nursery culture, and field grow-out. In the hatchery, broodstock clams are induced to spawn and the offspring …
Manual for the design and operation of a low budget hatchery for the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria in Florida. Aquaculture Report Series, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer …