New Clam Digging Regulations Under Consideration 2011

My fellow clam diggers, great news!  ODFW is considering adopting several of our recommendations to improve the recreational clam digging regulations beginning with the 2011 season.  The recommendations would correct the problems clam diggers encounter when digging purple varnish clams and require clam diggers to refill the holes they have dug while digging bay clams. Requiring clam diggers to refill their holes would bring relief to the numerous marine species including bay clams that are subjected to suffocation under current harvest practices.  I congratulate the ODFW shellfish biologists for recognizing the merits of our recommendations and making the decisions to consider them for the 2011 season.  As always good digging, Bill