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Region - South Sound
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Size
(Acres) |
County |
Number of
Geoducks
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Pounds of
Geoducks |
Average
Tract
Density
(Geoducks/
sq. ft.) |
Average
Geoduck
Weight (lbs.) |
Bed Status
(See footnotes) |
| 11300 |
59
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Pierce
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167,000
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470,000
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0.07
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2.8
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Comments:
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Surveyed in 1979 by WDFW; 3 transects. Area has been poached. Re-surveyed in 1997 by Medicine Creek tribes;
29 transects. Post harvest survey by Squaxin Tribe in 2002; 37 transects. Majority closer than 200 yards from shore. Tribal harvest from 9/1/98 to 12/31/01; 396,548 pounds.
Tract estimates are based on 2002 survey. |
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Footnotes
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1. Bed fished in past. |
7. Status unclear, noted in comments. |
| 2. Commercial bed presently being fished. |
8. Needs pre-fishing survey. |
| 3. Commercial bed surveyed, needs additional survey work. |
9. Bed included in recovery study.
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| 4. Commercial bed, ready to fish. |
10. Statutory or land use restrictions, noted in comments. |
| 5. Commercial bed fished in past, recovering. |
11. X-bed, has not been surveyed. |
| 6. Non-commercial bed for reasons given in comments. |
12. Harvest restriction to protect spawning herring.
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Tract Description:
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The Green Point geoduck tract is located along the eastern shoreline of Carr Inlet,
near the area where the western end of Hale Passage opens into the main body of Carr Inlet. The tract does not currently lie adjacent to any other geoduck tract.
The Green Point tract is bounded by a line projected from a point on the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour in the southern portion of the tract at 47°16.761' N. latitude, 122°40.845' W. longitude
southerly to a point on the -70 foot (MLLW) water depth contour at 47°16.701' N. latitude, 122°40.790' W. longitude; then westerly and northerly along the -70 foot (MLLW) water depth contour to
a point at 47°17.471' N. latitude, 122°41.710' W. longitude; then easterly to a point on the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour at 47°17.454' N. latitude, 122°41.597' W. longitude; then southerly
and easterly along the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour to the point of origin. Substantial portions of this tract boundary description fall within 200 yards (600 feet) of the MHW contour line.
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