The Harwich Shellfish Lab Success Story
	Seed Location	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Oyster Creek	18,110	102,305	@250,000	*	506,500	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Allen Harbor	25,200	118,555	@250,000	215,440	1,002,500	557,000	380,750	155,500	201,500	262,000	312,000
	Round Cove	18,909	138,828	@250,000	683,973	§ 638,500	385,750	398,900	392,200	270,000	159,500	134,000
	Pleasant Bay	42,750	107,465	@250,000	210,000		^ 95,750	#137050	#269200	#391200	#161740	#162000
	Wychmere Harbor	26,395	70,840	@250,000	368,000	1,525,000	400,500	460,350	155,500	280,800	307,624	293,000
	Herring River			@250,000		983,500	1,325,000	861,700	480,050	390,650	560,856	354,000
	Red River tidal marsh					§ 638,500
	Saquatucket Harbor-Sflats								151,000	392,300	54,950	134,000
	Harwich High School						3,000		1,000	1,000	1,000
	Sea street public beach											60,000
	Sauatucket channel											19,000
	Wychmere channel									373,000	25,000	35,000
	TOTAL	131,364	537,993	1,500,000	1,477,413	5,294,500	2,767,000	2,238,750	1,604,450	2,300,450	1,370,930	1,503,000
			* = Included in Allen Harbor
			^ = Pbay sand bar					Total seed 1994 to 2004 = 20,725,850
			# = Pbay Flat
			§ = (3-5mm) seed in mesh frames
			@ = approximate
	The Harwich Shellfish Lab located in Wychmere Harbor has been seeding hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) for many
	years. From the time clam seed is planted in local shellfishing waters it will take an additional 2-3 years for the seed to
	reach legal harvestable size (I inch) depending on several biological and ecological factors.  Funding for this program
	is procured through a combined effort of the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and the Town of Harwich Natural Resources
	Department.