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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) |
| 16900 |
93
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Thurston
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296,000
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917,000
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0.07
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3.1
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Comments:
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| Surveyed in 1979 and 1981 by WDFW. Fished 1981; 2,680,000 lbs reported. Resurveyed in 1982 by WDFW; 25 transects. Resurveyed in 1993 by WDFW;
16 transects. Resurveyed in 2000 by WDFW; 16 transects. Average density estimates (using approximately the same 16 stations, corrected with a 0.75 show factor)
are 0.02 geoducks/sq. ft. in 1982, 0.06 geoducks/sq. ft. in 1993, 0.07 geoducks/sq. ft. in 2000. Average pre-fishing density estimate (corrected with 0.75 show factor) is 0.17 geoducks/sq. ft.
Density estimate in the Atlas table is corrected with 0.75 show factor. |
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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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