OUTDOORS: Fort Flagler clam and oyster season extended

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The clam and oyster season opens later but is extended this year at Jefferson County’s Fort Flagler State Park

The sport clam and oyster fishing season at the park, including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island), will open on May 15 and will go through Sept. 30.

Fort Flagler State Park is a 784-acre marine camping park surrounded on three sides by 19,100 feet of saltwater shoreline.

The park rests on a high bluff overlooking Puget Sound, with views of the Olympic and Cascade mountains.

Many historic buildings remain at this 19th-century-established military fort.

This season includes all clams and oysters in the park.

This beach is located in Jefferson County on Admiralty Inlet.

Surveys indicate that the clam population has increased, allowing a one-month longer season in 2012 (the 2011 season ran from April 15 through July 31).

The delayed opening date avoids conflicts with the seaweed season on this beach, and adds harvest opportunity in the Admiralty Inlet region after other local beaches (Oak Bay and South Indian Island county parks) have closed.

The oyster season on this beach coincides with the clam season.

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