Minimum size and weight determination

Minimum size and weight determination. (1) Size. A person engaging in clamming or commercial clam shelling shall determine the size of a clam promptly upon removing it from the water by attempting to pass it intact through a ring with a diameter of the minimum size specified for the respective species in the table of s. NR 24.09 if the clam is taken while commercial clam shelling or in the table of s. NR 24.10 if the clam is taken while clamming. (2) Weight. For purposes of this chapter and s. 29.537 , Stats., the weight of clams shall be determined on a wet or fresh basis if their condition permits it.