﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  MENHADEN 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  - 
  Continued 
  

  

  U.S. 
  CLAM 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Record 
  landings 
  of 
  99.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  clam 
  meats 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $28.8 
  million 
  were 
  

   18.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  (23 
  percent) 
  and 
  $3.6 
  million 
  (14 
  percent) 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  the 
  former 
  re- 
  

   cord 
  year. 
  The 
  harvest 
  increased 
  in 
  all 
  regions, 
  with 
  record 
  landings 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  

   (63.3 
  million 
  pounds) 
  and 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  (22.7 
  million 
  pounds). 
  The 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  

   led 
  with 
  64 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  with 
  23 
  percent; 
  New 
  Eng- 
  

   land, 
  11 
  percent; 
  and 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast, 
  Gulf 
  and 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  with 
  the 
  remaining 
  2 
  percent 
  . 
  

  

  Record 
  landings 
  of 
  67.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  surf 
  clam 
  meats 
  increased 
  36 
  percent 
  compared 
  

   with 
  1969, 
  and 
  contributed 
  substantially 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  Surf 
  clams, 
  landed 
  principally 
  

   in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  accounted 
  for 
  68 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  volume; 
  hard 
  clams 
  were 
  16 
  percent, 
  and 
  soft 
  

   clams, 
  13 
  percent. 
  The 
  rest 
  consisted 
  of 
  geoduck 
  , 
  horse, 
  ocean 
  quahog, 
  rangia, 
  razor, 
  sunray 
  

   venus 
  , 
  and 
  mixed 
  clams 
  . 
  A 
  fishery 
  for 
  geoduck 
  clams 
  developed 
  in 
  Washington. 
  These 
  large 
  "king" 
  

   clams 
  with 
  enormous 
  necks 
  were 
  in 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  reached 
  by 
  divers 
  using 
  under- 
  

   water 
  air 
  or 
  water 
  jets. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  clams 
  were 
  steaked 
  for 
  restaurant 
  use. 
  

  

  Dredges 
  took 
  80.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  (81 
  percent); 
  hoes, 
  6.6 
  million 
  (7 
  percent); 
  rakes, 
  5.2 
  

   million 
  (6 
  percent); 
  and 
  tongs, 
  4.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  (4 
  percent). 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  landings 
  were 
  taken 
  

   with 
  shovels 
  or 
  gathered 
  by 
  hand. 
  

  

  In 
  Section 
  13 
  of 
  this 
  digest, 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  "Conversion 
  Factors" 
  , 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  table 
  which 
  

   gives 
  the 
  average 
  State 
  yield 
  per 
  U.S. 
  standard 
  bushel 
  for 
  clams 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  

   coasts. 
  Supplementary 
  shellfish 
  tables 
  appear 
  after 
  the 
  summary 
  tables 
  for 
  each 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  

   regional 
  section. 
  

  

  