ICYMI: Clamming on the Ninilchik beaches for the first time in nearly a decade:
, exceeding 50% of the historical average abundance, opening a limited harvest opportunity.
“Razor clams historically — from the ‘70s through the mid-2000′s — had really good clamming here. The clams on this beach supported really large number of harvests and high level of participation,” said Mike Booz, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Lower Cook Inlet Area Manager.
Some left with their limit, while others had less luck, but those who did not make this year’s window may not get a chance to next year. ”With the trends that we have been seeing over the last decade, including while the fisheries have been closed, it is more likely that we’re going to experience periodic openings for people to have an opportunity to dig clams here in Ninilchik,” Booz said. “We are not expecting it to be open next year, or maybe even the following, but we will be doing our surveys in the spring and there could always be surprises and we’ll go from there.
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