Toxin tests are in and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved another round of razor clam digs on select north and south beaches beginning Nov. 8.

Tests showed the clams are safe to eat, according to coastal shellfish manager Dan Ayres, and the following beaches are open for evening low tides only:

• Nov. 8, Thursday, 6:57 p.m.; -0.8 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks

• Nov. 9, Friday, 7:36 p.m.; -0.7 feet; Twin Harbors, Copalis

• Nov. 10, Saturday, 8:15 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks

• Nov. 11, Sunday, 8:56 p.m.; 0.0 feet; Twin Harbors, Copalis

Ayres recommends that diggers hit the beach about an hour or two before low tide for the best results. No digging is allowed on any beach before noon. Diggers should come prepared with good lighting devices and always keep an eye on the surf, particularly in the fall when the best low tides come after dark.

Another dig is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 22-25, pending future toxin tests. More information on planned digs can be found on the state’s razor clam webpage, wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/.

All diggers age 15 or older must have an applicable 2018-19 fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach. Licenses, ranging from a three-day razor clam license to an annual combination fishing license, are available online at fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and from license vendors around the state.

Under state law, diggers at open beaches can take 15 razor clams per day and are required to keep the first 15 they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.

Toxin update

Before a beach can be opened for the harvest of razor clams, the state Department of Health requires that all razor clam samples collected from that beach must test under the action level — the level where razor clam meat becomes unsafe to eat — on both of the two required sample collections. Test samples collected Oct. 29 showed levels of the three major toxins — domoic acid, paralytic shellfish poison and diarrhetic shellfish poison — well below harmful levels at Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mockrocks.