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Town partners with Downeast Institute to deploy shellfish recruitment boxes for monitoring
Summary
Cumberland will host 24 shellfish recruitment boxes, placed at two sites on local flats in partnership with the Downeast Institute, to monitor clam recruitment, growth and environmental factors; boxes will be retrieved in the fall for analysis and volunteers from the shellfish commission and local high school will assist.
Police Chief Rumsey, speaking for the Cumberland Shellfish Commission, told the council that the town has entered a memorandum of understanding with the Downeast Institute (DEI) to participate in a shellfish recruitment monitoring program.
The plan calls for 24 wooden boxes — two sites with 12 boxes each — to be placed on…
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