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 ...

Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are expected to announce the start of the 2025-26 coastal razor clam season, depending on safe test results for the marine toxin ...

THIS MUST BE the best autumn weather in years. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did with the opening of razor clam season! If you don’t know what a razor clam is, you are ...

We joined thousands of clammers in search of the tasty shellfish. Kurt Cobain’s memorial and Big Tom burgers were stopovers. Each year, 100,000 people wake up clamoring to dig in the sand for razor ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the dates for razor clam digging opportunities are available for November. People will be able to dig for clams from Nov. 3 to 9 at Long Beach, ...

Usually well known for what they add to chowder or linguine, clams are now inspiring robotics research. Scientists at MIT are studying the digging capabilities of the razor clam to figure out how to ...

OLYMPIA — Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging on coastal beaches beginning today, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers confirmed last week. “This next ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – State officials have approved four days of razor clam digging on the several ocean beaches. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife gave its approval for the dig after ...