Aquaculture for People and the Planet

Bangs Island Mussels is a climate-positive family sea farm, cultivating mussels and kelp in complete harmony with the ocean. We’re on a mission to produce nutritious, delicious, and sustainable seafood that feeds our communities while helping the planet.

Mussels

protein-packed & climate friendly

Our farm is designed to consistently provide delicious mussels while regenerating nature. Learn more about our mussels.  

Kelp

superfood of the sea

Our Kelp is grown alongside our mussels, providing benefits to the marine environment at large. Learn more about our kelp.  

Where to Find Our Products

Restaurants + Fish markets

Our mussels are served across the country, in fine restaurants and markets alike. Find our Mussels. 

Mussel Merch

clothing + more

Rep your favorite mussels by wearing the Bangs name - it’s swag with a story! Shop our brand.  

 

Thanks to Eater, you can see the inside story of the world’s finest mussels. Enjoy!

Follow our seafood farming journey on Instagram @bangsislandmussels

Nothing screams January quite like some snowy boat pictures!!🌊❄️ Enjoy these beautiful photos of sweet, Anna Marie and Perseverance, taken on this wet Friday!🌨️ Stay dry, stay safe, and stay tuned for more Bangs Island Mussels content!😄 #mussel
Views from a functioning regenerative IMTA farm! 🌊🌿 As the temps drop and the days get shorter, the ocean farm work continues: we are currently harvesting mussels while also seeding young kelp. “Integrated multi-tropic aquaculture” r
Sweater weather has officially arrived and we’re having a major merch sale! 💥 Small Business Saturday follows the frenzy of Black Friday, and as a small aquaculture business with sustainability at our core, we have limited gear runs and suppor
What an honor to be surprised with the Small Business of the Year award!!! Thank you to the Portland Development Corporation & @cityportland for recognizing what we do ✨ We’re on a mission to feed people and save the seas while doing it - m
There’s just something about smoked Bangs Island Mussels 🤤 @_cafelouis uses our mussels in a delicious coconut curry that’s a staple on the menu - but the latest smoky, crunchy special is definitely post-worthy! #maine #portlandfoodmap #
We’re kelpin’! Nothing says autumn in #Maine like seeding our kelp lines across the farm 🙌🌿 What starts as tiny spores on a thin line of twine grows to become thick curtains of kelp in just a few months. We grow seaweed for food (@atl
@wanderatlongwoods you have outdone yourselves! This preparation of #bangsislandmussels was exceptional! . . . This is something special. Dijon, smoky tomatoes, pure deliciousness 🙌 #maine #aquaculture #ocean #sustainable #farmtotable #seafood #f
Dive day as we work to create GIS maps of the bottom of our leases 🤿🗺️💦 Having this visual of the seafloor below our rafts will be extremely useful in planning for the future of our farm, from production scheduling to ecosystem benefits ✨ We&rsqu
And we’re back! The mussel harvest is once again underway at Bangs Island and it feels like Christmas in July 💦✨ You may have noticed our signature plump #mussels missing from the menu over the past few months - we have been diligently caring
@emersonmillwoodworks and @oc_007 showing the #bangsislandmussels love on a coastal job site! . . #community #landlubber #sustainable #aquaculture #maine #mussel #muscle
It runs in the family 🌊✨
Maine’s #kelpharvest is officially underway and we’re up to our elbows in it! 🌿🌊 Each spring we get to see the fruits of our labor, after setting out lines of kelp in the fall and letting them grow all winter long, checking on progress
Boston Seafood Show!!
Checking on our crop before the winter storms arrive - kelp is coming in beautifully 🤩 Looking forward to harvest season in just a few months, but in the meantime these sea veggies will continue growing large and extracting nutrients from the surrou
Mussel farming is not always sunshine, calm seas, and picturesque views. In fact, most of the time it’s not! Here we are making droppers and corner weights. Despite the tough days, we only grow stronger as a team. What you don’t see is th

Premium quality mussels and kelp sustainably grown in Maine