The commercial fishery for Vongole (Katelysia scalarina) clams takes place on an inter-tidal sandbar in Ansons Bay, Tasmania. Traditionally, fishing occurred to the north of this zone along the bayhead spit to Shark Bay, and eastwards in the channel towards the sea. However, since 2007, fishing has been restricted to a defined zone within Ansons Bay as a further measure to protect the clam stocks, and birdlife from indirect effects of fishing.
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
This website relies on analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. No personally identifiable data is collected.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
More information about our Privacy Policy