The Alaska Department of Fish and Game found an unexpectedly low number of clams during final surveying, but the agency still plans on monitoring them in support of perhaps opening the fishery in the future.
Stacy Michael, of Wasilla, holds some of her catch while clamming for razor clams at Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula Friday morning May 14, 2010. despite hopeful population numbersDuring the final bit of surveying, officials found an unexpectedly low number of clams, said Mike Booz, Fish and Game’s Lower Cook Inlet sport fish area manager.
Even without an opening this summer, Booz said the department still plans on monitoring the clams in support of perhaps opening the fishery in the future. They are also trying to fully understand what’s going on with the clams after their population took a downward turn that prompted a closure of the fishery in 2015.
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