interesting clam survey

[mbbuna]

this is a pretty good read if you have the time. http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cg...l/63/9/1573#B4


at one of the French Polynesia islands they estimated clam populations as high as 88 million and as densely packed as 500 per square meter

[mbbuna]

heres another one, kinda the same thing but only talks about one atoll http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cg...urcetype=HWCIT

heres an image i snagged from the second one

[graveyardworm]

Holy crap, thats alot of clams, the pile just stretches off into the distance. Alot of dead ones too though.

[danfrith]

OMG!!! Thats amazing! They also all look like maximas?

[mbbuna]

yes they are all maximas. you should read the survey, its pretty crazy how they came up with the population #'s. they used satellite imagery from Landsat?(i think) and the international space station

[a4twenty]

Originally posted by graveyardworm
Alot of dead ones too though.

i'm assuming that is from the clam fisheries


why would someone want to eat clam gonads ??????


very interesting and a little sad but at least they are doing this research to help.

[mbbuna]

EZ, im surprised you haven't commented on all the black clams in that photo

[ezcompany]

i don't point them out to make mine feel special

[mbbuna]

Originally posted by ezcompany
i don't point them out to make mine feel special

so who wants to take a trip to 700 miles east of Tahiti ?

[reef321]

Wow that's a lot of clams!