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Clam Digger Keeps Pushing Through Summer Heat
Stan Ashby, a 27 year old Freeport clam digger, works in scorching mud to haul in clams earning $12 in 20 minutes. Maine has 3500 licensed commercial diggers with many more part time. Dealers pay $23 to $25 a bushel and yearly earnings range from $15,000 to $25,000, though the job is grueling and seasonal with irregular hours and risks like Red Tide.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Maine
Stan Ashby
Ashby
State Marine Resources Department
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Marine Resources
Lloyd Varney
Brian Moore