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 ...

Oregon has reopened razor clam digging on the north Oregon coast from Yachats to the Washington border, including Clatsop County beaches. However, bay clam and mussel harvests remain closed coastwide ...

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 ...

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 ...

A week after closing mussel harvesting across the Oregon Coast due to high levels of toxins, officials expanded that closure to include razor and bay clams. Oregon’s departments of Agriculture and the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

FILE - Visitors look for clams to dig along the beach at Fort Stevens State Park, Feb. 9, 2016, in Warrenton, Ore. Oregon authorities closed the state's entire coastline Thursday, May 30, 2024, to ...