Hard Clam Management Information

Hard Clam Annual Update

Hard Clam FMP Amendment 3

Hard Clam FMP Amendment 3 Flyer

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) adopted Amendment 3 to the Hard Clam Fishery Management Plan at its May 2025 business meeting. Habitat protection and quantifying recreational participants were the major issues addressed.

The goal of the N.C. Hard Clam FMP is to manage the Hard Clam resource to provide long-term harvest and continue to offer protection and ecological benefits to North Carolina’s estuaries.

Species Leads
Lorena de la Garza
Email: Lorena.delaGarza@deq.nc.gov
Phone: 252-423-5256
Chloë Dorin
Email: Chlor.Dorin@deq.nc.gov
Phone: 252-515-5640
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