Oregon Coast

Recreational crabbing is now open along the entire Oregon coast, from Washington to California.  That announcement was made Thursday by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and state Department of Fish and Wildlife.  Last month, the state closed crabbing between Bandon and the California border due to elevated levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid.   The cleara...

Last week, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the closure of all recreational crabbing on the southern Oregon coast from Takenitch Creek, from just north of Winchester Bay (N 44° 47’), to the California border due to elevated levels of domoic acid toxin.  The clo...

Last week, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the opening of razor clam harvesting on the south coast.  Now the entire Oregon coast is open for razor clam harvesting. Recent shellfish samples taken from the area indicate levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have fallen below the limit for two consecutive sampling weeks.  Mu... Read Mor

On Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the closure of the south coast for all razor clam harvesting. Razor clam harvesting is now closed from Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford, to the California border because the marine biotoxin domoic acid is above the closure limit ...

On Monday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the opening of recreational razor clam harvesting from the south jetty of Coos Bay to Cape Arago. According to ODA, recent shellfish samples taken from the area indicate levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have fallen below the alert level for two consecutive sampling weeks ...