we recommend stopping by your local fish market or seafood counter where you'd be able to browse for live mussels. Ideally, ask the fishmongers if they have farmed, rope-grown mussels in stock.

“Never dump live fish or other organisms from one water body into another,” the CDFW said. How golden mussels got into Northern California Golden mussels likely entered the golden state on hulls or in ...

Other mussels can jump up and clamp onto a fish’s face to expel their larvae onto its gills. • Worldwide there are 890 known freshwater mussel species, and 302 of those live in North America.

Orangefoot Pimpleback. Monkeyface. Fuzzy Pigtoe. Despite their playful monikers, mussels are rock-like animals that play a serious role in improving water qual ...

Federally Listed Endangered Species Six species of freshwater mussels, including the clubshell, that live in the Tippecanoe River are federally listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered ...

WELCOME TO HEARTOFTHETIPPY! The information presented on this webpage is intended to help protect endangered mussels that live in the Tippecanoe River. The Tippecanoe River is home to one of the most ...

The shiny layer inside the shell is called the nacre, or mother of pearl. HABITAT: Freshwater mussels live on river bottoms and most require clean, flowing water to survive and reproduce. RANGE: ...

According to a new study published by University of Chicago biologists, Pacific mussel shells are getting thinner and thinner. Researchers compared the shells of live mussels pulled from the ...

If you do collect your own mussels, make sure the waters are unpolluted. They are at their best in the colder months outside the breeding season. Shop around when buying mussels and select those ...

“Never dump live fish or other organisms from one water body into another,” the CDFW said. How golden mussels got into Northern California Golden mussels likely entered the golden state on ...