Clams will be falling from the sky. A research team in St. Johns County uses patent-pending drone to spread clams in Matanzas River and Indian River Lagoon.
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla — Clams have been described as the “liver of the river” because of their filtering capabilities.with the power of clams.A clam farmer, a scientist and a drone pilot have joined forces to study, spawn and drop clams into the Matanzas River in St. Johns County and the Indian River Lagoon in Central Florida."We’re under threat with poor water quality," said Dr. Todd Osborne.
Clams act like filters."They clean water. They take particles out of the water and that’s a great thing for our waterways and keep them healthy," Osborne noted. And he knows what happens when a river goes bad. he used to supply clams, from his central Florida farm, to Disney resorts. However, his whole clam farm in New Smyrna in the Indian River Lagoon got wiped out in 2011 to 2013 by brown tide.
“The key to the whole operation is that the clams themselves can’t dry out. These guys can’t get dry or they’re not going to survive," Osborne explained. Why drop clams from a drone?
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