If you’ve been to Pismo Beach, or any SLO County beach lately, you may have noticed hundreds of clams in the sand. They usually burrow a few inches into the wet sand, but according to the Tribune, they’ve recently been showing up on top of the sand. Scientists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences are working together to study the phenomenon. While the numbers are staggering, Fish and Wildlife officials say the clams this year are too small to harvest. Pismo clams must be at least 4.5 inches to legally harvest.
