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Community response mixed to short harvest opportunity for razor clams
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Despite small improvements in clam abundance, beaches in Clam Gulch and Ninilchik will be closed to clammers for the ninth year in a row next summer.
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Biologists were hopeful when they began surveying the beaches at Clam Gulch and Ninilchik in April. But this May, when they looked at the far ends of the beaches, they were disappointed.
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The beaches at Ninilchik and Clam Gulch have been closed to harvesters since 2015. Officials say recovery of razor clams on the east side of Cook Inlet has been slow since a crash a decade ago.
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Fish and Game has kept the beaches on the east side of Cook Inlet closed to digging since 2015. But the department says improvements in clam abundance at Clam Gulch and Ninilchik could warrant a limited reopening of the fishery.
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Scientists are still digging for answers about the low abundance of adult razor clams on the east side of Cook Inlet. Meantime, charter companies are…
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is once again proactively closing all beaches on the Cook Inlet side of the Kenai Peninsula to sport or personal…
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Judging by the dearth of clam-bakes on the beaches of the Kenai Peninsula this year, it’s safe to say sport clamming for the tasty morsels is closed…
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In 2018, all Eastside Cook Inlet beaches will remain closed to recreational clamming due to the continued low abundance of mature sized razor clams. Fish…
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In Nikiski, there's a little-noticed seafood plant that processes and ships out fresh and fresh-frozen razor clams to all parts of the country. That's…