Summertime swimmers couldn’t miss the Pismo clam even if they wanted to — as countless iconic shellfish have been tumbling in the surf at Pismo Beach in recent months. Scientists don’t know why the ...

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 ...

Giant clams (Tridacna gigas), members of the family Tridacnidae and among the most striking inhabitants of tropical coral ...

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 that ...

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 ...

The reopening follows testing that confirmed the water and shellfish meet NSSP standards under the Biotoxin Management Plan.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Shellfish lovers, your tide is coming in! The 2024-2025 season for recreational harvest of shellfish (clams and oysters) in coastal waters of South Carolina is set to open one-half ...