An international team of researchers has developed a new tool that could help produce clams that are more resistant to diseases and climate change, while at the same time strengthening the conservation of the genetic diversity of these species.

The work, published in the journal Aquaculture, and as stated by CIIMAR, which participated in this research, “represents an important advance for aquaculture and for the management of two clam species of great economic relevance in many coastal communities: the Japanese clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) and the grooved carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus)”, whose production, they add, has decreased “due to habitat degradation, climate change and the increased incidence of diseases”.