The Tribe employs professional biologists and technicians who actively manage a number of shellfish species that include bivalves (geoduck, intertidal clams, and oysters), crustaceans (crab and shrimp) and echinoderms (sea cucumbers and sea urchins) within the Tribe’s Usual & Accustomed harvesting areas.

Bivalve shellfish as well as other tide pool species have provided sustenance to the Quinault tribe for thousands of years and figured prominently in tribal spiritual beliefs. The Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula, is the species of bivalve predominantly harvested by QIN members.

Intertidal clams make up a significant portion of the biomass on pebble/sand beaches in Washington’s inland waters and serve as the basis for important commercial and subsistence fisheries. Four native species (butter clams, cockles, native littlenecks, and horse clams) and two non-native species (Manila clams and varnish clams) make up the ...

Shellfish have been a mainstay of western Washington Indian tribes for thousands of years. Clams, crab, oysters, shrimp, and many other species were

Clam gardens are cultural modifications (e.g., moving and clearing rocks, building small rock walls to create terraces in the tide flats) made by Northwest Coastal Indigenous people to optimize clam production and increase species diversity.

2020年12月31日 · Healthy shellfish beds provide important ecosystem services, support local economies, and promote human well-being and sense of place. For Coast Salish Tribes, including the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (SITC), clams are a highly valued traditional food, playing a key role in Coast Salish worldviews.

2024年2月14日 · New Haven—For more than 4,500 years, indigenous people along the New England coast have turned the shells of large quahog clams into delicate purple and white beads strung into necklaces, bracelets, belts and other adornments they called wampumpeg.

2024年10月14日 · Scott Mazzone, marine fish and shellfish biologist for Quinault Indian Nation, pulls a razor clam from the sand. The tribe’s management is highly effective and includes regular population assessments and strong policies to prevent overfishing.

Butter clams and other clam species being cultivated tend to thrive on gravely beaches clear of seaweed and bathed with warm, moderate currents to wash in the plankton they eat. The key to a clam garden is its stone wall up to a few feet high, facing …

2022年11月30日 · The Swinomish Tribe and other Coast Salish Indigenous peoples hold a rich history of practicing shellfish mariculture in Alaskan and Washington waters. For more than 3,500 years, native communities created clam gardens by constructing a rock wall in the intertidal zone, the land between high and low tides, and actively tending the beach.