The Cook Inlet’s east side beaches remain closed to clamming and will until December 31 2015.
A Department of Fish and Game Emergency Order was issued in February that closed all types of clam digging from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southern most tip of Homer.
Fish and Game Biologist Carol Kerkvliet…
Kerkvliet: “The number of age classes are fairly limited on this beach right now and so what we’re looking to see is a recruitment and a good spawning.”
The average number of mature-size razor clams from Ninilchik South beach being roughly 80% lower than averages seen between 1990 and 2012.
Another study conducted at Clam Gulch showed the density of mature-size razor clams is 94% below averages seen between 1998 and 2008.
