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).