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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Razor clam harvesting set to close soon on north Oregon Coast Beaches from Tillamook Head to the Columbia River will close to ...

Oct. 1—Potentially dangerous levels of domoic acid in razor clams has triggered a closure along the entire Oregon Coast for people digging and keeping these popular shellfish. One week after the ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state's entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have ...

Oregon’s clams specifically the use of gaper clams or razor clams distinguishes Oregon’s Clam Chowder from other well known styles of clam chowders. Oregon’s Clam Chowder is based on the uniquely ...

Beaches from Tillamook Head to the Columbia River will close to razor clam harvesting on July 15. The closure happens annually on all Clatsop County beaches, an 18-mile stretch of Oregon's ...