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Saxidomus nuttalli is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. [1] Common names include California butterclam [1] and Washington clam. [2] This clam is native to the west coast of North America, its distribution extending from northern California to Baja California. [2]
As with other countries, the 200 nautical miles (370 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of the United States gives its fishing industry special fishing rights. [6] It covers 11.4 million square kilometres (4.38 million sq mi), which is the second largest zone in the world, exceeding the land area of the United States. [5]
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe advisory for any fish caught in Elkhorn Slough due to elevated levels of mercury and PCBs. In addition, there is a notice of "DO NOT EAT" for leopard sharks and bat rays for women 18–45 years old and children 1–17 years old.
The geoduck is native to the coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. [2] The shell of the clam ranges from 15 centimetres (6 in) to over 20 centimetres (8 in) in length, but the extremely long siphons make the clam itself much longer than this: the "shaft" or siphons alone can be 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in ...
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A map of the 16 designated fishing locations on the California ... Sport Fishing out of Lauritzen’s Yacht Harbor in Oakley found tremendous action with 22 keeper stripers to 16 pounds caught and ...
The number of individual fish caught in the wild has been estimated at 0.97–2.7 trillion per year (not counting fish farms or marine invertebrates). [11] Following is a table of the 2011 world fishing industry harvest in tonnes (metric tons) by capture and by aquaculture. [10]
Captains of fishing boats on the California coast are bracing for salmon fishing to be severely restricted — or possibly canceled for a second year. Salmon populations are struggling, bringing ...