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Article: Razor clam season looks promising; Outdoors.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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Byline: Mark Yuasa; Seattle Times staff reporter
The coastal razor clam seasons begin Oct. 17, and clam abundance remains good on most beaches.
"What diggers will see is more clams on beaches south of Grays Harbor [at Twin Harbors and Long Beach] than there has been in the last few years," said Dan Ayres, the head state Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish biologist. "Abundance at northern beaches like Copalis are similar to last year, and down just a bit at Mocrocks."
"The beaches north of Grays Harbor have nice-size clams, and is the place to go for those who are after bigger clams," Ayres said. "Beaches south of Grays Harbor have more clams, ...