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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







NO. 9

SHELLFISH
            







The coastal and estuarine waters of the Pacific Northwest and the shellfish which grow in these waters are an important commercial and recreational asset.


A fifth of the region's shellfish growing areas have had to be closed for commercial harvesting, with additional areas only conditionally approved, because water quality has been impaired by inadequate sewage treatment facilities and by the discharge of industrial wastes.


The use of hydraulic dredging of subtidal clams is an additional threat to the shellfish resource.


Therefore, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs urges the government authorities responsible for water quality, shoreline management, and fisheries to take the necessary steps to reserve and maintain our shellfish resource.














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