Alaska's Eastside Cook Inlet Shore Closed to Razor Clamming
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Peninsula Clarion] By BEN BOETTGER- February 25, 2015
The Kenai Peninsula’s east side razor clam population has crashed, according to Fish and Game abundance data.
The Sport Fish Division of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday announced that the Cook Inlet’s east shore will be closed to clamming during 2015. The closure will apply to all beaches between the mouth of the Kenai River and the southern end of Homer Spit.
A Fish and Game news release announcing the closure cited Fish and Game’s 2014 abundance studies, which found that average razor clam numbers were 80 percent lower than averages recorded ...
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