Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

LUBEC, Maine -- Out on the mud flats in the easternmost nook of the United States, generations of clam diggers have dug deep into the muck for tasty soft-shells to satisfy New Englanders’ cravings for ...

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Justin and Danielle Walker, owners and operators of Walkers Maine, a seafood restaurant in Cape Neddick, Maine, know clams. Several months ago, as part of the Ogunquit Soft Shell Clam Commission’s ...

I was today years old when I learned that there are more than two types of clam chowder. New England clam chowder is the one I grew up eating (mostly the canned, condensed version), but I knew that ...

KITTERY, Maine — Clammers from Kittery and beyond will once again be permitted to dig for soft shell clams, quahogs, oysters and mussels at Brave Boat Harbor. With the nod of approval from the state ...

Fifty years ago this week, Congress adopted the Clean Water Act, a landmark in environmental legislation aimed at cleaning up many of the nation’s waterways that had become too polluted for people to ...

Angry vegetarians are grilling a coastal Maine town just days before its famous Clam Festival, taking to social media to slam organizers for completely ignoring plant-based eaters. The waterfront town ...