The current six-day razor-clam opening runs through the weekend on two popular coastal beaches, offering the opportunity to get wet and sandy through a couple of pretty good tides.
On Friday, the low of minus 1 foot occurs at 6:16 p.m. on Mocrocks and Twin Harbors beaches; Saturday, minus 0.8 feet at 6:57 p.m. at Mocrocks and Twin Harbors; and Sunday, minus 0.5 feet at 7:34 p.m. on Mocrocks and Twin Harbors.
Twin Harbors is particularly attractive because it hasn’t been dug since late November, when a spike of domoic acid in clams from that beach went over the state Health Department’s safe-to-eat level. Dan Ayres, the state Fish and Wildlife Department’s coastal shellfish manager said toxin levels have dropped slowly over the past several weeks and now meet public health standards.
Ayres said that’s great news for clam diggers because it takes some of the pressure off other areas, and opens one of the most popular and productive beaches to razor-clam harvest. Twin Harbors, as the name suggests, runs from Grays Harbor south to Willapa Bay. Mocrocks includes Iron Springs, Roosevelt Beach, Seabrook, Pacific Beach and Moclips.
Maps of the beaches and more razor clam information can be found on the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s razor clam webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current.html.
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