Note
This guide is designed to provide possible investors and hard clam culturists with basic operational financial information and a method to analyze their own economic potential; using it should allow making rational decisions about clam culture investment. A major focus of the guide is the presentation of analyses of culture technique components, including investment requirements and sample cost and return budgets for each clam culture stage. Although produced for the South Atlantic region, the guide should be useful in all areas where clam farming has potential.