** Archived Article - please check for current information. **

Asian green mussels found in lowcountry waters

Asian Green Mussels

Following the 2002 discovery of the species near St. Augustine, Florida, scientists with Georgia’s Marine Extension Service began to anticipate northward movement of larvae, carried in ocean currents along the coast of Georgia. Over the past three years, they have documented the mussel’s spread up the coast, but until the recent discovery in Charleston Harbor, it had not been reported north of the Savannah River. (Photo courtesy Jon Fajans, FL Institute of Oceanography)

More News