CAPE MEARES, Ore. – With razor clam samples continuing to contain high levels of marine toxins, Oregon State officials report razor clamming will not open on Oct. 1 as originally scheduled.
On May 14, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced razor clamming was closed along the entire Oregon coast owing to elevated levels of potentially deadly – at least to human beings – domoic acid. The concentrations of the organic toxin, also known as “red tide,” were the highest ODA and ODFW officials had seen since 1998.
That closure occurred a full two months before the annual July 15-Sept. 30 razor clamming closure on Clatsop County beaches – which is where 90 to 95 percent of the state’s razor clams are found – that is intended to conserve razor clam populations.
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