Keeping Arctic fisheries as happy as a clam: assessing the life history and density of truncated soft-shell clams (Mya truncata) of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, to promote sustainable fishery development

• Main Author: Wood, Jessica Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Hudson; Frobisher Bay; Hudson Strait; Baffin; Snow crab
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/93dm-7962; https://research.library.mun.ca/14849/

Fishery development is a priority for Arctic governments, Indigenous organizations, and communities to promote Arctic economic development and food security. The recreational truncated soft-shell clam (Mya truncata) fishery of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, is expected to undergo increased fishing...