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Company Information:
Name:
LEACH, JESSE
Address:
60 HONEYDEW LN
Penobscot, ME 04476-3204
Penobscot, ME 04476-3204
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
URL:
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Award Totals:
Award List:
Hard clam farming in eastern Maine: field experiments to evaluate biological & economic efficacy of field-based nursery and grow-out phases
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2010 / SBIR / Phase II
Agency:
USDA
Principal Investigator:
Joseph L. Porada, null
Award Amount:
$400,000.00
Abstract:
We have discovered the easternmost commercial population of hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.), in the U.S., in the waters of Eastern Maine. In 2007, we received permission from the State of Maine to lease a 6-acre tract in the shallow subtidal of Goose Cove (Trenton) to farm cultured hard… More