The new, limited fishery could reopen on the Kenai Peninsula in June, allowing for 30 clams per day.
Fish and Game has been monitoring clam numbers since the closure of the fishery in 2015. The numbers have increased, but not to historic population levels, he said.
The new threshold for reopening the fishery requires clam populations to reach half the historical average population size, Booz said. It would allow for 30 clams per day, and the fishery would close at the end of September. Clammers find their catch in intertidal areas during minus tides, or low tides, which only occur in daylight through September.
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