William “You lay in the futon that you’ve, uh, laid” a Japanese Franklin might have said. Kumanichi notes that catches of the asari clam mostly come from other East Asian countries, subsequently replanted and claimed to be native. Surely, Ariake Sea is a difficult environment to manage. I suggest that authorities look at how the US managed the Chesapeake Bay, a similarly vast area over multiple jurisdictions. Bring back the health to the bay.