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On the Côte‑Nord in Mingan, my colleague Guy Vigneault, who sits on an Association of Canadian Port Authorities committee, received a letter dated March 15 of this year informing him that, following the study on the Mingan shellfish zone, this area will be reopened. They wanted to share this good news.
In my experience, softshell clam fishing is an integral part of living on the coast for someone from the Gaspésie. Every Gaspesian has done it at least once in their life. My experience started at a very young age when I was 10 years old, with my father, cousins and uncles. We used to harvest softshell clams for Easter Sunday. Everyone in that area wanted softshell clams for Easter. Conversations in the village revolved around this question: “Do you have any clams?” and people would share their catch. Year after year, the ritual of clan fishing was repeated and the whole ceremony around clam harvesting would be repeated. Such great memories. We were dressed funny, it was cold, our feet were frozen. The first one to catch a clam would shout, “I've got a clam!” and everyone would go dig next to them.