The state might reopen the razor clam fisheries in Ninilchik and Clam Gulch for the first time since 2014. But before that can happen, biologists are hitting the beaches to count clams.
The clam population crashed about a decade ago and has been slow to bounce back. In the meantime, clammers and sportfish charters have been taking their shovels over to theFish and Game Area Manager Mike Booz said his department has been watching the clams closely.
Today, he believes there might finally be enough clams to justify reopening some beaches. The Alaska Board of Fisheries just approved a management plan that sets a threshold for restarting a limited fishery with a bag limit of 30 clams per day. But Booz knows there are lots of people waiting, shovel ready, to dig into the east side beaches again.Technicians in Ninilchik were several plots into their survey Wednesday when, at last, a small yellow clam bubbled to the surface.
“So this is a three year old clam that didn’t quite grow enough to make it to the adult size this year,” he said.
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