Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Clam diggers in Tomales Bay and throughout California have been banned from using water pumps that state officials say put clam stocks at risk and fuel black ...

An emergency rule banning the use of two-man hydraulic pumps in recreational clamming along the California coast is now in effect, making the newly adopted tool off-limits to stem potential harm to ...

Hydraulic pumps shown here were growing increasingly popular for clam harvesting in California in the past five years. The California Fish and Game Commission voted this week to permanently ban their ...

A pandemic-era crush of new interest in clamming on the California coast and widespread adoption of simple hydraulic pumps that allow people to harvest the shellfish faster and in greater numbers has ...