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A second survey of populations of soft-shelled clams,Mya arenaria, in Somerset County, Maryland, was made during 25 August to 2 September 1959. Sixty-five areas were sampled by means of a commercial hydraulic clam dredge. Data for market and submarket clams is given in terms of bushels per acre in each area sampled. Analysis of results did not reveal any commercial quantities of clams. Factors limiting the population of soft-shelled clams in this area are not definitely known.
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Manning, J. H. 1957. The Maryland soft shell clam industry and its effects on tidewater resources.Md. Dept. Research and Educ., Resource Study Rept. No. 11, 25 pp.
Manning, J. H. and H. T. Pfitzenmeyer. 1958. Exploratory survey of tidewater bottom, Somerset County, Maryland.Md. Dept. Research and Educ. Resource Study Rept. No. 12, 6 pp.
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Contribution No. 138. Maryland Department of Research and Education, Solomons, Maryland.
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Pfitzenmeyer, H.T. Supplemental survey of soft-shelled clam bottoms in Tidewater Somerset County, Maryland. Chesapeake Science 1, 66–68 (1960). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350538
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