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"Clamming fans can pique their interest with this volume, which details the science and history surrounding the species."

* Alaska Dispatch News *

"An entertaining account, and guide, to the real fun of digging your own food in the beach. . . . Berger’s book is an excellent testimony that gathering is still an enriching, fun and tasty pursuit. Long may it be so."

-- Matthew L. Miller * Cool Green Science *

Table of Contents

Chapter One | Introductions
Chapter Two | Lay of the Land: Long Beach and Ocean Shores
Chapter Three | Sacred Treaties
Chapter Four | Ecology and Anatomy
Chapter Five | Past Abundances
Chapter Six | The Era of NIX and Domoic Acid
Chapter Seven | Pumping and Counting
Chapter Eight | Licensed to Carry
Chapter Nine | Eating Them, After All, Is the Point
Chapter Ten | Will’s First Clam
CODA Practical Matters and One Speculation
Appendix One | Washington State Razor Clam
Personal Use Regulations, 1929–2015
Appendix Two | Recreational Razor Clam License
Information in Washington, 1982–1993 List of Recipes
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Razor Clams

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 12 September 2017
      ISBN-13 9780295741420
      978-0295741420
      ISBN-10 0295741422
      Also in:
      The Earth: natural history: general interest Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Clamming fans can pique their interest with this volume, which details the science and history surrounding the species."

      * Alaska Dispatch News *

      "An entertaining account, and guide, to the real fun of digging your own food in the beach. . . . Berger’s book is an excellent testimony that gathering is still an enriching, fun and tasty pursuit. Long may it be so."

      -- Matthew L. Miller * Cool Green Science *

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One | Introductions
      Chapter Two | Lay of the Land: Long Beach and Ocean Shores
      Chapter Three | Sacred Treaties
      Chapter Four | Ecology and Anatomy
      Chapter Five | Past Abundances
      Chapter Six | The Era of NIX and Domoic Acid
      Chapter Seven | Pumping and Counting
      Chapter Eight | Licensed to Carry
      Chapter Nine | Eating Them, After All, Is the Point
      Chapter Ten | Will’s First Clam
      CODA Practical Matters and One Speculation
      Appendix One | Washington State Razor Clam
      Personal Use Regulations, 1929–2015
      Appendix Two | Recreational Razor Clam License
      Information in Washington, 1982–1993 List of Recipes
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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