Should these words be hyphenated?

Question

I have the title for a map that shows point locations distributed across a beach where biologists will count the number of clams. The claims will be harvested and used as bait in a crab fishery. Should the title be *Bait-Clam Survey* or *Bait Clam Survey*?

Answer 1

Generally, you need the hyphen only if the two words are functioning together as an adjective before the noun they’re describing. Bait and Clam are both nouns. So I would say no hyphen is needed.