The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reopened recreational razor clamming for Northwest Oregon on Oct. 4. Clam digging was closed from Clatsop Beach to the Oregon-Washington border on July ...

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 ...

Razor clamming on Clatsop County beaches will reopen on Sunday following a 16-month closure on the practice, officials said.

After a record-setting season, razor clamming on Clatsop County beaches will close Friday, July 15, to protect newly set young clams.

The Oregon Departments of Agriculture and of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday the closure of razor clamming in most Clatsop County beaches.

Razor clamming is open from the Washington state border to Tillamook Head on the north Oregon Coast after being closed due to high levels of biotoxins since September.

Oregon coast razor clam harvesting is closed from Cape Blanco to the California border after the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife found unsafe levels of domoic acid in recent razor clam samples.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) Oregon officials have ordered razor clam digging be closed for the remainder of May due to high levels of a marine toxin being found in the clams.The Daily Astorian reported ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says Razor clamming on the Central Oregon Coast is now closed. The closure is due to levels of Domoic Acid above safe ...

Due to high levels of domoic acid in razor clam samples, razor clamming is closed from Cape Blanco to the California border, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Wildlife ...

A razor clam will dig a foot deeper before you reach it, but they always move down and toward the ocean. Razor clams live in groups. As you’re digging, look for other holes to appear nearby.

Outdoors Most of Oregon’s Razor Clams Are Still Too Toxic to Harvest Razor clams have been found with hazardous levels of domoic acid on beaches as far north as Astoria all the way down to Florence.