2001 ODFW and WDFW Cooperative Razor Clam Stock Assessment Project on the Clatsop Beaches

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Citation

Originator: Hunter, M.

Publish Date: 2001

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: On September 17th and 18th of 2001 the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Razor clam Lead Biologist and his staff of 3 technicians working in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Shellfish Biologists, demonstrated their clam pump stock assessment technique on the Clatsop beaches in Oregon. Developed in the early 1990's by a University of Alaska graduate student, the clam pump stock assessment technique has become the standard in determining Razor clam population abundances. It is used not only by WDFW, but also the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Haida Tribe on Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada, This technique is what WDFW uses to determine their harvestable population and subsequently set seasons within a 25% optimal sustainable yield (OSY). The purpose of the demonstration was to determine if the technique would work on Oregon beaches and to examine if this technique revealed abundances of Razor clams higher than with previous ODFW methods (i.e., strip digging), With the anecdotal knowledge that there had recently been a large set, this demonstration hoped to not only prove that theory but to also quantify it.

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Time Period of Content: September 17 and 18, 2001

Geographic Extent: Clatsop Beaches, Oregon

Status: Final

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