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Netted plots seeded with clams keep the predatory and invasive green crab out of the clam farm and ensure a successful clam harvest at the Heal Eddy Restoration Project in Georgetown, Maine, the only commercial-scale softshell clam farm in the state. Through a grant from National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a partnership between experienced shellfish harvesters, riparian land owners and scientists at Manomet, a New England-based organization that promotes environmentally sustainable economic endeavors, the Heal Eddy Restoration Project will serve as a model for other coastal Maine communities to adopt in hopes of saving the clamming industry, which is disappearing as the Gulf of Maine waters continue to warm and predators, such as the invasive green crab, multiply and decimate the wild clam population.