WA SB5560

Designates the Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) as the official state clam of Washington by adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW (state symbols)

Pacific razor clam is endemic to the Pacific Northwest and abundant on Washington's sandy coastal beaches

Razor clamming has been a subsistence, recreational, and commercial activity for coastal indigenous people for thousands of years and other Washingtonians for hundreds of years

Annual harvests reach as many as 8,000,000 clams, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to coastal beaches each year and supporting the coastal economy