Indian River Lagoon Clam Restoration Project
Discovery Channel host, angler, and conservationist, Captain Blair Wiggins of Blair Wiggins Outdoors, will be present to repatriate clam beds through his Indian River Lagoon Clam Restoration Project (IRLCRP), a collaboration with CCA Florida, FWC, University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, and Premium Seafood.
The program has identified and reproduced native “super clams” bred from a population of clams that have survived these changing times. Clams are one of nature’s water filters, and the goal of the project is to catalyze the restoration of the clam populations and clarify the water so that the seagrasses can return. To date, the IRLCRP has planted over 13 MILLION clams.
