Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introductions

Chapter 2 Lay of the Land: Long Beach and Ocean Shores

Chapter 3 Sacred Treaties

Chapter 4 Ecology and Anatomy

Chapter 5 Past Abundances

Chapter 6 The Era of NIX and Domoic Acid

Chapter 7 Pumping and Counting

Chapter 8 Licensed to Carry

Chapter 9 Eating Them After All Is The Point

Chapter 10 Will’s First Clam

Coda: Practical Matters

Appendix 1 Washington Razor Clam Personal Use Regulations 1929-2015

Appendix 2 Razor Clam Sport License 1982-1993

List of Recipes