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Article: High toxin levels shut more beaches to clam harvest.
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- April 27, 2005
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Byline: Joe Rojas-Burke
Apr. 27--Some of Oregon's most popular razor clamming beaches were closed to clam-digging Tuesday and could remain off-limits for weeks or months because of the lingering effects of a toxin-producing algae.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture ended clam and mussel harvests on beaches and ocean spits from the mouth of the Columbia River at Astoria to Lookout Point south of Netarts Bay. That includes the broad beaches from Clatsop spit to Gearhart loaded with razor clams and most readily accessible to Portland-area residents.
Levels of domoic acid, the algae toxin, tested as high as 68 parts per million in clams dug at ...