Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom - Ocean Acidification

Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom - Ocean Acidification

On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed. “This is our most productive […] The post Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom appeared first on Ocean Acidification.