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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) |
| 17420 |
250
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Mason
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559,000
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1,581,000
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0.05
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2.8
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Comments:
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Surveyed in 1973 by WDFW. Fished 1974-79 as part of old Arcadia tract; 3,149,000 lbs reported from entire area. Resurveyed in 1987 by WDFW; 29 transects.
Seeded with geoduck hatchery seed 1985, 1986, 1987. Combined Arcadia 1-4, and Salom Point tracts and surveyed in 1995 by WDFW; 95 total transects in survey.
Arcadia 1-4 and Salom Point tracts divided along 1987 tract boundary lines. Used 43 transects from 1995 survey to estimate average density for Arcadia tracts.
Tribal harvest on Arcadia 1-4 from 9/1/95 to 12/31/00 is 786,406 lbs. reported.
Four Arcadia tracts re-combined and re-surveyed by Squaxin Tribe in 2002; 125 transects. Estimate is from 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 Arcadia 1 geoduck tract is located within Pickering Passage, along the western shoreline
of Squaxin Island. The tract is adjacent to and shares a common boundary with the Salom Point (#17400) tract to the north and the Arcadia 2 (#17430) tract to the south. The Arcadia 1 tract is bounded by a line projected from a point on the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour in the
northwestern corner of the tract at 47°12.225' N. latitude, 122°55.914' W. longitude crossing easterly to a point on the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour in the northeastern corner of the tract at 47°12.217' N. latitude, 122°55.328' W. longitude; then continuing southerly along
the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour to a point at 47°12.020' N. latitude, 122°55.372' W. longitude; then crossing westerly to a point on the -18 foot (MLLW) water depth contour at 47°12.072' N. latitude, 122°55.715' W. longitude; then continuing northerly along the -18 foot (MLLW)
water depth contour to the point of origin. Portions of this tract boundary description fall within 200 yards (600 feet) of the MHW contour line.
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