Local shellfish dealer has harnessed area students to dig clams this summer creating 45+ well-paying part-time jobs. In these locales, hardworking kids took to area mudflats to earn money for their own cell phones, school clothes, classroom supplies and even their upcoming driver’s ed fees.

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Winter Weather is Tough on Clammers

The winter weather that is driving Mainers to distraction is making life even tougher than usual for Maine’s clam diggers.

From the shores of Cobscook Bay way Downeast to Waldoboro on the Midcoast, diggers are struggling to get access to the softshell clams they harvest for a living.

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Digging in to Rebuild Bay’s Clam Fishery

Pembroke seafood buyer is hoping to encourage more people to dig clams around Cobscook Bay and to rebuild the fishery by eventually offering a good, stable price for the product throughout the year. Tim Sheehan of Gulf of Maine, Inc. (GOM) has already helped get more people into the industry by assisting them with getting started in the fishery. A number of the new clam diggers are women, mostly Passamaquoddy.

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Washington County Seafood Business Sets up Workers

You can’t say Tim Sheehan hasn’t been creative in trying to grow his seafood business, Gulf of Maine Inc. been creative in trying to grow his seafood business, Gulf of Maine Inc.

But trying to keep clam diggers working throughout the year—critical for the business, because restaurants want a steady supply—has left him at wit’s end. It also has hurt the business.

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