How to Prevent Wastage

Clam Wastage

The frequency of discarded clams is often shocking with wastage estimates running as high as two million clams in a single year. Obviously, destruction of this magnitude reduces the abundance of clams. Each year hundreds of holes left by diggers are examined by WDFW staff to determine the level of wastage that results from discarding clams. Between 80% to 90% of the clams found will die because they are broken, have their necks cut off, or are improperly replanted.