The clam crisis began in the summer of 1983, when Pacific razor clams — bivalves that burrow into sandy intertidal zones from California to Alaska — inexplicably vanished from Washington’s coasts. The ...

Seven days of razor clam digs begin Sunday at coastal beaches. The digs were confirmed last week by state Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers.

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information ...

This is an easy mistake to make, as Pacific razor clams do have a lot in common with the much girthier geoduck. They are both found around the same areas in Washington, Alaska, and other sites ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers confirmed seven days of razor clam digs on coastal ...