Science Advisory Report  2010/077

Assessment update of Manila Clams in Area 7 of the Central Coast of British Columbia and Evaluation of the Manila Clam Fisheries Management Strategy

Summary

• A pilot clam fishery was started in 1993 with the Heiltsuk First Nation.  
• Assessment and harvest data from the fishery was reviewed in 1999 (Gillespie et al. 1999) and a management and assessment framework for this fishery was established in 2001 (Gillespie et al. 2001). 
• This assessment framework is still being used and will continue to be used for this fishery.

This Science Advisory Report has resulted from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Pacific Regional Advisory Meeting of November 30 – December 2, 2010 on Pacific Invertebrate SubCommittee Meeting: Pink and Spiny Scallop, Sea Cucumber, Central Coast Manila Clam, Geoduck Clam Aquaculture, and Shrimp Trawl. Additional publications from this process will be posted as they become available on the DFO Science Advisory Schedule at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/index-eng.htm.

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