为了拯救渔业, 美因州的研究人员正在研究鱼数量下降. Maine researchers study clam decline to save the fishery.

美国缅因州的唐尼斯特研究所研究人员正在研究为什么软贝类的着陆量自20世纪70年代以来下降了85%. Researchers at Maine's Downeast Institute are studying why soft shell clam landings have dropped 85% since the 1970s. 科学家们在海岸部署了箱子来监测幼虫, 评估绿和气候变化等捕食者的威胁. Scientists are deploying boxes along the coast to monitor larvae and assess threats from predators like green crabs and climate change. 目的是拯救渔业, 因为它仍然提供了全国60%的. The goal is to save the fishery, which still provides 60% of the nation's clams.