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Region - South Sound
| Tract No. |
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) |
| 13800 |
145
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Thurston
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275,000
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661,000
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0.04
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2.4
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Comments:
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| Surveyed 1973. Portion fished 1975-79; 1,918,000 lbs reported. Resurveyed 1989 and 1991; 78 transects.
This tract was fished three times in 1991-1992 under three separate sales as follows: 1) The 145 acre portion shown on the chart was first fished from 8/1/91 to 11/30/91; 455,261 lbs reported, including test fishing.
This was the first quota system used in the geoduck fishery. Six quotas of 75,000 lbs each were sold. The SEPA documents covering this fishery extended from Puget Marina to the Thurston-Pierce County line. 2)
The second fishery was from 1/1/92 to 3/31/92 when eight quotas of 50,000 lbs each were sold, 411,794 lbs reported, including test fishing. For this fishery, the western boundary was extended northwest about 4000
feet to Dogfish Bight, part of Big Slough tract. The bed offshore of Tolmie State Park was excluded from fishing in this extension. The SEPA documents remained the same for the second and third fisheries.
3) The third fishery was from 4/1/92 to 7/31/92 when 6 quotas of 70,000 pounds were sold. 422,380 lbs reported, test fishery included. The total harvest of all three fisheries was 1,289,435 lbs which is 57% of
the estimate for the 145 acre tract. The portion northwest of Tolmie State Park was only lightly fished due to poor geoduck quality when compared to the original 145 acre tract. Tribal harvest from 9/1/96 to 12/31/01;
269,052 lbs. No harvest reported since 2000. Figures in table have been adjusted for subsequent fishing. This tract is conditionally approved based on rainfall. |
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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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