The limit on the east side Cook Inlet beaches was historically 60 a day and 180 in possession from the 1960's. Every diggable tide is open all year, but most of the traffic happens from May - Sept.

As numbers and sizes of clams at Clam Gulch started to decline, the state decided to reduce the limit to 45 a day with 90 in possession out of concern for frank wastage. Who the hell needs 180 clams per person anyway?

Oh how the locals HOWLED about taking food off Alaskan dinner plates! Within one board cycle, the limit was restored back to 60/120 despite dwindling numbers and size.

Then the bottom finally fell out, esp at Ninilchik.

The limit was reduced by emergency order to 25/25 in 2013.

By 2014 the entire population had utterly collapsed and clamming was completely CLOSED. It has remained closed ever since.