Materials and methods
Sampling locations
Three study stations were selected in three locations from three
Egyptian cities (in the map below) that represent the main
natural fisheries of Tapes clams namely; (1) El-Max (next to
El-Max Lighthouse or El-Fanar) in Alexandria; (2) Timsah
(in Timsah Lake off El-Ta’awen Beach) in Ismailia and (3) Ezbet
El-Borg (in a clam farm) in Damietta (Fig. 1A–C,
respectively).