When Charlotte Russ visited Pismo Beach last November, she expected her kids to play in the sand and gather seashells. She didn’t expect them to collect 72 undersized Pismo clams — accidentally violating local rules and landing her with an $88,000 fine. “My kids had only plastic play toys, and they were trying to dig […]
When Charlotte Russ visited Pismo Beach last November, she expected her kids to play in the sand and gather seashells. She didn’t expect them to collect 72 undersized Pismo clams — accidentally violating local rules and landing her with an $88,000 fine. “My kids had only plastic play toys, and they were trying to dig […]
A mother was fined $88,000 after her family collected 72 clams from a California beach. People cannot collect clams without a fishing license in California. A San Luis Obispo County judge later reduced the fine to $500. A California mother received a $88,000 fine after her children collected dozens of clams they believed were seashells. […]
The Philippines has blamed Chinese fishermen for a massive loss of giant clams in a disputed shoal controlled by China’s coast guard in the South China Sea, and urged an international inquiry into the amount of environmental damage caused in the area. The Philippine coast guard presented surveillance photographs of Chinese fishermen harvesting large numbers […]
On Friday, the Indian River Lagoon Clam Restoration Project, the Coastal Conservation Association Florida, FWC, and the University of Florida Whitney Lab released 6 million baby clams into the lagoon. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS They were delivered to their Melbourne Beach home with a specialized drone. The clams were spawned from a handful […]