Restoration effort would allow nonprofit to spread out more than one million clams off Pine Island

Clam restoration off Pine Island

The Gulf Shellfish Institute wants to plant 1.2 million southern hard clams across about 5 acres of Little Bokeelia Bay, and a committee of state environmental managers has given the nonprofit the initial go-ahead.

Key points Clam restoration off Pine Island
  1. The Gulf Shellfish Institute wants to plant 1.2 million southern hard clams across about 5 acres of Little Bokeelia Bay, and a committee of state environmental managers has given the nonprofit the initial go-ahead.
  2. The planting is part of the multi-year All Clams on Deck restoration effort, which targets seagrass and clam populations in Charlotte Harbor and Tampa and Sarasota bays.
  3. The institute says a dense clam population in the enclosed bay would act as a source for native hard clam restoration and could improve water quality and help restore seagrasses.
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