Razor clam diggers on the Washington coast will get more opportunities to dig starting next week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers announced. “Another seven ...

A 2017 file photo of razor clams. Oregon has reopened razor clam harvesting from the Yachats River up to the Washington state border, but other shellfish harvesting remains restricted. Courtesy of ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday a shellfish harvesting reopening after recent, historically high levels of ...

Oregon fish and wildlife officials reopened the northern Oregon coast for razor clamming last week while keeping a prohibition in place south of Yachats and continuing a coastwide ban on harvesting ...

SALEM, Ore.SALEM, Ore. — Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – If you’re craving fresh shellfish, you’ll have to avoid these sections of the Oregon Coast until officials say it’s safe to do so. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Razor Clams on the Central Coast have been deemed safe by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), and are now ...

CLATSOP COUNTY — Razor clamming reopened Wednesday, Oct. 1, along the Clatsop County coastline, following a seasonal closure for conservation and testing. Clamming is open year-round in most of the ...

Oregon officials are barring all razor-clam, bay-clam and mussel harvesting along the state’s coast due to historically high levels of a potentially deadly toxin in local shellfish, the Oregon ...

Diggers must have a valid 2025-2026 license. Licenses can be purchased from WDFW’s licensing website and from hundreds of license vendors around the state. All diggers age 16 or older must have a ...

These clams were all dug on the northern end of the Long Beach Peninsula, a few hundred yards north of the Oysterville Approach. (Allen Thomas for The Columbian) OLYMPIA — Washington Department of ...

SEATTLE — Soon, in Southwest Washington, the campaign will ramp up. No, nothing as trivial as a presidential campaign. This is far more important. This is the campaign to become Washington’s official ...