“You know, with shellfish, it’s a lot of unseen work. You don’t see oysters working. You don’t see clams working . . . but their functionality is actually a critical ecosystem service.”

– Dr. Todd Osborne, associate professor of biogeochemistry at the University of Florida Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience and scientific advisor for the Indian River Lagoon Clam Restoration Project.

Hard clam shellfish aquaculture, also known as clam farming, is a $20 million industry spanning ten Florida counties. This month, TESI environmental communicator Kamila Koralasbayev dives into the challenges and innovations shaping two of Florida’s clam farming communities.

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