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These data represent marine waters used for recreational intertidal harvest, which includes recreational harvest in the intertidal zone of living marine plant or animal species for consumption or aquaria. Excludes all other forms of intertidal harvesting.
Recreational intertidal harvest occurs throughout the study area for a wide range of clam species (razor, butter, horse, and manila clams) and crabs. The use is most dominant in the summer months, but does occur year-round. Impacts from invasive seagrass have affected clam beds in Willapa Bay in recent years, as have harmful algal blooms. Tribal uses of the ocean were not mapped explicitly, though tribal chairs and/or their designated representatives were formally invited by BOEM to participate in the mapping workshops. The sharing of tribal use information was dependent upon each tribe’s determination of whether the mapping workshops were an appropriate forum for sharing such information. Any tribal use information shared during the workshops was incorporated into the defined use categories. Thus, the atlas data and map products do not explicitly depict tribal use. |