00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.950141 CaOODSP 20250415095924 m o d f cr mn||||||||| 250415e198709##bccab obs f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn-bc pn----- x8x8 Fs97-6/1570E-PDF Fs97-6/1570E Bourne, N. (Neil), 1929- author. Recreational clam harvest survey - 1984 / by N. Bourne, R.A. Carmichael and B. Bishop-Lowen. Nanaimo, British Columbia : Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries Research Branch, Pacific Biological Station, September 1987. ©1987 1 online resource (viii, 61 pages) : illustrations, map. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 0706-6457 ; no. 1570 Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-15). "Results of a 1984 survey to assess the recreational intertidal clam fishery on ten beaches in southern British Columbia are presented. Time of day appeared to be more important in determining when people dug clams than state of the tide. Most of the catch (82%), was steamer clams, littleneck, Protothaca staminea, and manila, Tapes philoppinarum, which are also important species in the commercial fishery. Some recreational diggers were targeting on these species but much of the catch appeared to result from random digging. There was a tendency for people to dig larger-sized littleneck clams than manila clams. Interviews showed that 72% of the people had catches within the legal recreational limit of 75 clams in total per person per day. One attempt was made to count recreational clam harvesters over an extended area from an aircraft and methods are described to improve this assessment technique"--Abstract, page vii. Includes abstracts in English and French. Clamming British Columbia Vancouver Island. Clamming British Columbia Vancouver Island Statistics. Myes Pêche sportive Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Île de. Myes Pêche sportive Colombie-Britannique Vancouver, Île de Statistiques. Statistics lcgft Statistiques rvmgf Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body. Pacific Biological Station (1972- ), issuing body. Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences ; no. 1570. (CaOODSP)9.504449 PDF 957 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/mpo-dfo/fs97-6/Fs97-6-1570-eng.pdf