How Maine’s Bangs Island Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

March 30, 2021 Terri Ciccone, Eater

In Casco Bay off the coast of Portland, Maine, a “mussel sausage” is made. Picture a sausage casing made of fabric, but instead of meat, it’s filled with tiny mussels attached to a rope. It’s called a mussel line, and it’s just one of the many inventive processes the team at Bangs Island Mussels uses each day.

Portland-Based Mussel Grower Acquires Neighboring Competitor

November 15, 2019 William Hall, MaineBiz

Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland producer of rope-grown mussels sold in restaurants like Fore Street and Scales, has acquired another local grower, Calendar Island Mussel Co.