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13. Harriet Booth places the small surf clams into the boxes. The next step is to put protective mesh netting over the top to protect them from birds, crabs, and carnivorous snails.

12. Alex Brown shows Josh and Harriet the surf clam seed he grew this season on his own.

11. Next stop – Provincetown. Shellfish farmer Alex Brown discusses the plan for planting with WHSG Marine Specialist Harriet Booth and Fisheries & Aquaculture Specialist Josh Reitsma.

9. Grower Mark Begley examines the seed along with WHSG Fisheries & Aquaculture Specialist Josh Reitsma.

8. Next stop – Barnstable Harbor. The surf clams will also be grown in boxes and under nets at this site.

7. Shellfish farmers Kirsten Friedrich and Craig Poosikian are also planting surf clams under nets, similar to how quahogs are grown.

6. The surf clams are less than one inch.

The surf clam seed is planted in the sediment in the square boxes closest to the ground. Some boxes contain the Atlantic surf clams and some the Southern surf clams. The other gear is for growing oysters.

3. Walking out to the shellfish aquaculture grants in Cape Cod Bay in Eastham