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Soft-shell clam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The soft shell clam, Mya arenaria, is a bivalve mollusk with thin, oval, elongated shells. Soft shell clams bury themselves in soft sediments from the Chesapeake Bay's shoreline to depths of about 30 feet. ... The soft shell clam is a bivalve mollusk with thin, oval, elongated shells, also called valves.
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Mya arenaria, soft shell clam, steamer, longneck, long clam ... Found between the tide lines or just below the low water mark, the soft shelled clam is 4 - 12 inches below the surface. Dig soft shell clams cautiously to avoid spearing their fragile shells. Legal harvest size is 2 inches.
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Do Not Remove from the Library U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Resenrrh Center Biological Report 82 (1 1.68) 700 Caj un Dome Boulevard ~ugust 1986 Lafayette, Louisiana 70506 KEPEJKltr;NCFECOPY TR EL-82-4 Species Profiles: The blue crab, ... dus , which ranges southward from Cape Cod, replaces t h e green crab a...
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There is a large amount of information on clam hatchery technology (Iversen and Hale 1992) ... Medium-soft sand, compact clay, coarse gravel, sand/mud mix, gravel, or mud (Cheney and Mumford 1986, Newell and Hidu 1986 in Emmett et al. 1991)
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EVERYONE CAN HELP New Hampshire's clam resource by using proper digging methods. Careless digging and thoughtless actions by a digger may result in unnecessary breakage, exposure of clams to predators, and failure of dug clams to re-establish themselves in burrows.
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ALDEN P. STICKNEY 1 ... 1 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Boothbay Harbor, Maine; ... 1. The reproductive organs of Mya arenaria consist of paired alveolar gonads, connected by paired gonoducts to a (usually) common vesicle. From the vesicle, a pair of short terminal gonoducts lead to the genital apertures.
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The Latin word "Mya" translates into "a sea mussel" and "arena" translates into "sand." Maryland exports roughly 90% of Chesapeake Bay's harvest to New England. An adult soft shell clam can filter up to four liters of water per hour!
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Attachment C: Soft-Shell Clam Enhancement, Kenneth J. La Valley ... The Maine Soft-shell Clam Council is made up of town officials, town shellfish committees, dealers, diggers, aquaculturists, and state managers. It provides a forum for discussion of clam issues.
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