This study utilized over 20 years of daily bivalve harvesting records from a local fisherman on Yubudo Island to examine potential structural changes in bivalve resources as perceived by the local community following a distant oil spill event. Temporal analyses revealed that while Mactra quadrangularis was historically the dominant commercial bivalve, the harvest of Meretrix petechialis significantly increased after 2007. Notably, during a period of severe regional decline in Meretrix production across Chungcheongnam Province (2008-2012), Yubudo maintained relatively stable yields. These findings suggest that, amid widespread depletion of major bivalve resources due to pollution, there was a shift in local bivalve resource utilization from Mactra to the higher-value Meretrix in the Yubudo area, which was not directly impacted by contamination. This indicates that Yubudo may have served as a substitute production area during the regional decline in bivalve resources. This study is significant as it quantitatively demonstrates how large-scale regional changes in bivalve resources can indirectly influence local resource utilization by integrating long-term harvesting records with community perceptions.