8/28/24 Clam Haul

[ClamGuy]

Originally Posted by Broad Bill

New Jersey has a hard clam aquaculture industry that helps to replenish the state's natural clam beds, which have been declining for decades. I'd think the license fee originated as a funding source for that program. That's a guess but makes sense. Like every other public salt water resource with a commercial and in this case recreational price tag on it's head, if we count on natural reproduction to sustain the resource we're probably going to end up losing the resource for future generations.

Good points. I would also imagine it gives SOME insight, but not all as to how many people are registering per year, etc. My guess would be for tracking purposes, etc.