United States Department of the Interior. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary 



Fish and Wildlife Service, Arnie J. Suomela, Comnnissioner 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Donald L. McKernan, Director 



THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF 



HARD CLAMS IN NANTUCKET SOUND, 



MASSACHUSETTS, 1958 



by 



John W. Ropes 



Fishery Research Biologist 



Boothbay Harbor, Maine 



and 



Charles E. Martin 



Fishery Methods and Equipment Specialist 



Gloucester, Massachusetts 



United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Special Scientific Report- -Fisheries No. 354 



Washington, D. C. 

 July, I960 



