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The different sized mesh boxes to the left are used to
grade and sort clams by size. There are at least 50,000
clams in the photo on the right.
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These containers are
cleaned daily to allow
food to be served to
each clam.
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Clams go through a screening process starting with a
smaller mesh (1millimeter), and are graded once a week
until they achieve a size of 6 to 8 millimeters. It is at
this time that the decision is made to sell them as seed
to other clam farmers, or to plant them on our own Cedar
Key Gulf Coast Department of Agriculture State Certified
Aquaculture Leases.
When clams are ready to be put out into the Gulf of Mexico
on our private aquaculture leases, they are counted and
measured so that exactly the right size and number of clam
seed is put into each bag. This guarantees that the clams
will have plenty of room to grow out and that all the
clams will be able to obtain optimum food. The plastic
wire you see over this bag is placed there to protect the
bags, hold them down on the bottom, and keep fish from
eating the juveniles.
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