Netarts Bay is one of several popular bay clam digging estuaries reopened Friday along the north coast.

Recreational clam digging has reopened in all Oregon bays north of Cascade Head following an historic closure due to sea-borne toxins.

Popular reopened bays include Nehalem, Tillamook, Netarts and Nestucca estuaries.

High levels of toxins will keep all other bays closed south of Cascade Head and mussel gathering remains closed coastwide.

Razor clam digging is open on ocean beaches from the Columbia River south to Yachats and from Cape Blanco south to the California border.

Crabbing is open coastwide. Crabs aren’t as susceptible to the marine biotoxin, paralytic shellfish poison (PSP), that caused the coastwide clam and mussel closure June 6.

Find testing results for individual bays on the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s biotoxin webpage.

-- Bill Monroe for The Oregonian/OregonLive

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