"This is the combined commercial subtidal hardshell clam fishery management plan of the Washington Dept. of Fisheries (WDF) and Natural Resources (DNR) ... This plan consists of three sections and an appendix. The first section states the management procedures and policies which will be used to guide tract selection, environmental evaluation, interagency coordination, harvest monitoring and enforcement. The second section, prepared by WDF, gives background information on clam biology, the fishery, and management objectives. The third section, prepared by DNR, discusses the Department's marine land management objectives and their relationship to management of commercial hardshell clam harvest."--Page iii.

National Ocean Service (NOS)

Funding: Washington State Dept. of Ecology with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.;