These are the clam diggers of Lourizan. They call themselves, "the peasant farmers of the sea." They work about three hours a day over 15 or 16 days a month, earning about $107 a shift. Clam ...

They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low tide. Hustling along with rakes and buckets, they chat and laugh gaily.

OLYMPIA — Clam diggers have one more beach they can work. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers confirmed Friday the reopening at Mocrocks beaches Feb. 4 followed by ...

WATCH: Contributing reporter David Abel explains why climate change and closures are threatening Massachusetts' clam digging tradition. GLOUCESTER — For nearly a century, Neil Malick’s family hauled ...

Razor clam diggers on the Washington coast will get more opportunities to dig starting next week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers announced. “Another seven ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Calling all razor clam diggers: more digging on Washington coastal beaches is set to begin on Feb. 6. TheWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal shellfish managers ...

THIS MUST BE the best autumn weather in years. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did with the opening of razor clam season! If you don’t know what a razor clam is, you are ...

FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield native and popular local performer helped put smiles on many faces Sunday evening when her group, The Clam Diggers, performed on Sherman Green. Kyle Ralston and partner Charlie ...

Apr. 28—Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers on Friday confirmed the final coastal razor clam digs of the season can proceed as planned from May 4-14. "This last tide ...

Sharon Lockhart’s two-part 93-minute record of a Maine clam-digger opens with a daunting gray expanse: empty slurry mudflats receding into an indistinct background, where land, sea, and sky blend. The ...