New study to focus on culture of Atlantic surfclams

摘要

In summer, 2018 Rutgers University's Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (RU-HSRL) is expecting to release its study on cultured Atlantic surfclams {Spisula solidissima), a native species which is said to have "biological characteristics... that makethese a strong candidate for exploration as a new farm species" in New Jersey and other Atlantic states."We intend to have results to share as we go along, but we should have the program complete by the summer of 2018," said Dr. Daphne Munroe, project co-principal investigator and RU-HSRL Assistant Professor, Marine and Coastal Sciences.