The clam rakes are short, with handles just a foot or so long. To tear a hole in that stubborn mud, you have get down on your haunches or your knees, maintaining precarious balance while using your ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The soft-shell clams that are harvested by hand and raked from the mud flats of Maine are becoming less plentiful, and the downward trend jeopardizes one of New England’s ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The soft-shell clams that are harvested by hand and raked from the mud flats of Maine are becoming less plentiful, and the downward trend jeopardizes one of New England’s ...

Soft-shell clams are on display at a Portland, Maine, fish market. Maine clams were once one of the state’s most lucrative resources, but they are sliding in catch. Fishery managers said toxins in the ...

Predation by Panopeus herbstii on Mercenaria mercenaria was significantly affected by temperature, and the size of predators and prey items. Larger P. herbstii opened more clams and preyed more ...

Clams are a mainstay at Maine restaurants for tourists and locals alike, but how many people think about how the meat they’re dipping into butter got onto their plates? It’s a big question, as ...

Yeah, that pond’s okay, but it’s mostly raked out,” the guy at Coop’s Bait & Tackle was telling me. He was right: a few days earlier, I had been standing in nearby Sengekontacket Pond, a tidal pond on ...