The beaches in Clam Gulch and Ninilchik won’t open to clammers this summer after all. “The growth was really poor on both beaches. And the survivability of the adult clams was really low,' said Mike Booz of Fish and Game's sportfish division.
in April, looking for signs that populations were rebounding and clams were surviving into adulthood.“With both of those surveys, the abundance really dropped, more than what we were expecting it to,” Booz said. “It didn’t make it to 50% of the historical average abundance.”Booz said not only did they find a high rate of natural mortality for clams, but there was also low growth and low recruitment — or, the addition of new clams to the beaches.
“There’s good numbers of juvenile clams at Ninilchik and Clam Gulch,” he said. “It’s just whether or not they’re going to survive and grow to a size where they recruit to adult size that would support the fishery next year.” As for next year, Booz said the outlook is borderline. But the department will still be back out on the beach next March and April anyway to conduct surveys.For now, clammers will have to stick to the
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