Beaches from Tillamook Head to the Columbia River will soon close to razor clam harvesting, starting on July 15 until Oct. 1.

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 beaches closes at 12:01 a.m. July 15, ODFW says, to protect young clams and boost future harvests.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Part of Oregon’s northern coast reopened for razor clamming on Tuesday after an elevated level of a marine biotoxin in shellfish led officials to shut down harvesting on the ...

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 ...

Razor clamming has reopened on the central and northern Oregon Coast after two tests showed biotoxin levels below the closure limit. Razor clamming is open from Yachats to the Washington state line ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — After a brief health advisory closed razor clamming earlier this spring, the popular pastime reopened along most Oregon beaches. On Friday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Razor clamming is closed from Cape Blanco to the California border after officials found recent razor clam samples had unsafe levels of domoic acid, the Oregon Department of ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Commercial harvesting of oysters has now reopened in Oregon. Harvesting had been paused since May 26 in Tillamook and Netarts Bay due to a rise in toxins in shellfish, Oregon ...

Paralytic shellfish poisoning is the most severe type of shellfish poisoning. It’s tied to algal blooms that state officials say are getting worse along with climate change. Oregon officials closed ...