date:Aug 09, 2012
efforts in todays depressed fishing economy, said Ted Maney, visiting professor at Salem State University and proponent of mussel culture. Most commercial fishers can add mussel farming to their current efforts and enhance their livelihood.
With this in mind, NOAA Fisheries provided a $61,000 grant earlier this year to support a demonstration mussel farm in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts. The project will engage and train local fishermen in the long-line mussel farming method, w