Supporting municipal shellfish management in Casco Bay since 2019.
The Casco Bay Regional Shellfish Working Group’s driving vision is a healthy intertidal ecosystem that sustains shellfish resources and the jobs that depend on these fisheries.
Photo credit: Christine Stack Photography
Mission
The mission of the Working Group is to collaboratively address pressing issues facing the wild-harvest shellfish community and to share expertise and best practices for management, conservation, research, and monitoring across towns and stakeholders in Casco Bay, Maine.
Photo credit: Jerry Monkman
Goal
Our goal is to equip municipalities with the knowledge and experience to manage their wild intertidal shellfish resources in the changing Casco Bay ecosystem, through providing a forum for sharing information, resources, and tools.
Learn more about how we are working towards this goal in our current initiatives.
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"The Working Group has been a great start to bridging the gap between municipal shellfish programs and harvesters. Along with predation and climate change, communication has historically been a limiting factor to resource conservation. This group builds relationships with harvesters, municipalities and state leaders that will lead to positive results for municipal shellfish programs."
— Paul Plummer, Harbormaster and Marine Resource Administrator, Town of Harpswell
Photo credit: Christine Stack Photography