The Black Shell (Anadara Tuberculosa) lives in the mesolitoral zones associated with the roots of the red mangrove (Rhizophora spp). In the Panamanian Pacific these bivalves are the basis of an exclusively artisanal subsistence fishery, developed by the communities located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, where these bivalves are the basis of an exclusively artisanal subsistence fishery. The studies carried out between 2015-2023 in the mangroves in the Bay of Chame have the primary objective of recommending conservation strategies to shell extractors. Do not catch catches smaller than 5 cm in size, establish a voluntary closed period, extract the resource three times a week, reduce wastewater discharges to the mangrove, establish a reforestation program and reduce logging to guarantee the activity at current and future generations.
