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Nearly early two limits of mixed species of bay clam dug for display at Clam Clinic 2006 by Clam Diggers Association members William Lackner and Walt Summerton.
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The author, William Lackner, is an authority on digging the clams common to Oregon's Coastal Waters. You may have seen him digging bay clams on the Oregon Coast Show or with weather guru Andy Carson from KPTV or in articles about digging clams in the Lincoln City News Guard or Newport's Newstimes or in featured articles in the Statesman Journal, The World Daily Newspaper in Coos Bay, and in the Oregon Coast Today part 1 and part 2, Learn to dig Oregon's Clams by attending our 2013 Clam Clinic events - Attendance is absolutely FREE, or get a head start developing your clam digging skills with the books, Oregon's Razor Clams, Oregon's Clams , or the new color edition or the Black and White edition of Oregon's Clams and Crabs. Enhance your knowledge about taking crabs from Oregon's coastal waters by purchasing Oregon's Crabs. We stress the value of good clam digging and crabbing ethics. Clam digging and crabbing ethics are the future of digging Oregon's Clams or taking Oregon's Crabs. I would like to share a comment I received from clam digger Wayne. "Hi Bill, I had great success with the clams this year thanks to your class, and now we're enjoying Oregon's Chowder through the winter. I showed my grandson how to dig clams and now he's hooked. Great times!" 2013 Siletz Bay FREE Clam Digging and Crabbing Events Each summer beginning in May une and ending in September the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau sponsors a series of free clam digging and crabbing classes. The classes are free and everyone is welcome. No registration is required. We thank the Driftwood Library and the Lincoln City for giving us the opportunity to share the wonderful bounty that Siletz Bay has to offer. See the details below.
Lincoln City Sponsored Clam Digging Clinics
Everyone who participates in the clam digging classes will go home with limits of clams guaranteed. However, we do ask those participating in the clam dig to attend a brief lecture at the Driftwood Library covering Oregon’s clam digging regulations and all aspects of digging purple varnish clams from Siletz Bay prior to digging clams that day. The lecture covers Oregon’s clam digging regulations, clam identification, harvest methods, cleaning and cooking methods. We meet at the Driftwood Library approximately 1 ½ hours prior to digging clams. Typically, lectures last 45 minutes to an hour before adjourning to dig clams. Prior knowledge of Oregon’s clam digging regulations and digging methods used to harvest purple varnish clams is necessary for the success of the clam dig. Following the clam digging lecture, we will meet at the gravel pullout located just north of the Bay House Restaurant located on the west side of Hwy 101. To get there travel south on Hwy 101 through the traffic signal at SW 51 St... Cross over Schooner Creek and go past the asphalt paved Schooner Creek wayside parking area. Park at the next gravel pullout just south of the Schooner Creek wayside. Each clam digger over the age of 14 will need a shellfish license. Each clam digger will need a pair of gloves to protect your fingers from being cut by the sharp edges of the clam shells, a clam bag to store and carry clams, a 5 gallon bucket to transport the clams home and a shovel of some type. My shovel sells for 24.00 and is a great bargain at that price. We also sell clam bags for 5.00. Lincoln City Sponsored Clam Digging Clinic lecture at the Driftwood Library followed by the clam dig at Siletz Bay: 2013-06-21 Fri 17:24 pm 1.81 feet Low Tide Clam Digging Class @ 16:00. Lincoln City Sponsored Crabbing Clinics: Prior to crabbing, we will meet at the pavilion located at the end of SW 51 St. for a brief orientation. The orientation is necessary to familiarize the participants with Oregon’s crabbing regulations and the harvest method we will be using. Parking is available between Mo’s restaurant and the Pavilion. At the orientation, we will discuss Oregon’s crabbing regulations, crabbing methods, crab identification male vs. female, size requirements for measuring Dungeness crabs, cooking crabs, cleaning crabs and the method to determine the retention of softshell crabs. We recommend using the Crab Max folding crab traps. Please arrive 15 minutes early if you plan on purchasing the Crab Max folding crab trap. We want to begin crabbing as soon as we possibly can. Each crabber over the age of 14 will need a shellfish license. Each crabber is allowed to crab with up to 3 devices. Crab pots, crab rings and the small triangular crab traps are inefficient for use while crabbing from shore. Crabs snares used with fishing poles work well but not nearly as well as the folding crab traps. We suggest using the Crab Max folding crab traps with hand lines that we have on sale for 30.00 each. Each crabber needs to purchase a crab measure, a 5 gallon bucket, a large package of chicken legs for bait, and a pair of rubber gloves to protect your fingers. Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau Sponsored Crabbing Clinics 2013-06-14 Fri 11:17 am. 0.15 feet Low Tide Crabbing Class @ 10:45 MAY 2013 COASTAL ENCOUNTERS PROGRAM CLAM DIGGING and CRABBING CLINIC SCHEDULE The Coastal Encounters Program crabbing and clam digging clinics in May are sponsored by the Lincoln City Driftwood Library. Each Tuesday in May features a guest speaker presenting topics of interest unique to the Oregon Coast. Attendance is free and no class registration is necessary. Everyone is welcome. During the Coastal Encounters Program we will present a lecture on crabbing and a lecture on clam digging. We will meet at Siletz Bay each morning following the lecture to either for dig purple varnish clams or crab for Dungeness crabs. The clam digging lecture and crabbing lecture cover all aspects of recreational clam digging and crabbing. The lectures cover all the information on Oregon’s clam digging and crabbing regulations, identification of all the clam and crab species of interest to recreational clam diggers, harvest methods, cleaning and cooking methods. The lectures begin at 18:00 pm and end at 19:30 or sooner depending on audience participation. We do ask of those who participate in digging clams or crabbing on each Wednesday to attend the lectures to become familiar with Oregon’s clam digging and crabbing regulations prior to actually digging clams or taking crabs. Knowledge of what is expected of you contributes to the success of our program while you are digging clams or crabbing. 2013-05-14 Tue 18:00 pm for the Driftwood Library Clam Digging Lecture We met at 09:30 am the next morning following the clam digging lecture at the gravel pullout located just north of the Bay House Restaurant and south of the Schooner Creek Wayside. Each clam digger over the age of 14 must have a shellfish license. Each clam digger will need a pair of gloves to protect your fingers from being cut by the sharp edges of the clam shells, a clam bag, a 5 gallon bucket, and a shovel of some type. Our clam shovel sells for 23.00 and is ideal for digging bay clams and razor clams. We also sell clam bags for 5.00. We suggest bringing some bottled water to drink and a hand towel.
My clam lab, Cali Ann, oversees those new to digging clams. Diggers in the photo on the right dug limits of softshell clams to be consumed as steamed clams after digging limits of purple varnish clams. All of the participants went home with limits of clams' Free Crabbing Class We will meet on 05-28 Tue 18:30 pm for the Driftwood Library for a 1 ½ hour lecture on Dungeness and red rock crabs. The Driftwood library is located in the City Building on the 2nd floor across the street from Burger King. Again, we thank the Driftwood Library and the Lincoln City for giving us the opportunity to share the wonderful bounty that Siletz Bay has to offer.
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CLAM DIGGING and CRABBING EQUIPMENT
The clam shovel we sell is used to dig both bay clams and razor clams. The razor clam shovel is manufactured with a full length handle unavailable at retail outlets and an 11 inch blade offset at the proper angle to take advantage on the method recommended by ODFW's Matt Hunter to dig razor clams from the wet sand. Refer to Oregon's Clams for a detailed illustration showing how to dig razor clam using the method developed by ODFW's Matt Hunter. The overall length of our shovel is 56 inches with an 11 inch blade that we sell for 28.75 at our store. The harvesting bay clams using a shrimp gun is a recent innovation that is gaining popularity with clam diggers. We now offer shrimp pumps manufactured by H20 Sports for 17.50 at our store. |
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The black net clam bags used to hold razor clams are inadequate for bay clams. Every digger that digs for either razor clams or bay clams should be equipped with our orange razor clam net bag. Those of you that dig for bay clams should use our green net clam bags but they are currently on backorder from Willapa Marine. They are very durable | ||||||||
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and will last for years. We recommend their products. The CRAB MAX crab catchers we sell for 22.00 are innovative by design and easy to use. The CRAB MAX is best used with a 200 pound test Tuna Cord hand line but is readily used with a surf rod and heavy duty spinning reel loaded with a minimum of 100 pound test Spectra fishing line. However, we recommend using the Crab Max crab catchers with a hand line or as backup in case of fishing rod or reel failure.
Crabbing with the Crab Max using hand lines for 32.00 is user friendly for crabbers of all ages; especially women and children. It is easier for women and children to use the hand line. My grandsons, Brandon age 11 and Zac age 8, have really gotten into crabbing using the Crab Max with hand lines. Click HERE to see the product infromation for our Crab Max crab catchers. Bill |
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The 2013 Long Beach, Wa Razor Clam Festival The Long Beach Razor Clam Festival was held on April 27th and 28th We were invited to attend the event to instruct those new to digging razor clams how to dig them. 2012 Lincoln City Sponsored Clamming & Crabbing Clinics Overview: Clinic begins with a lecture at Driftwood Public Library on digging clam species common to Oregon’s bays. Following the lecture, participants will gather at the gravel pullout north of the Bayhouse Restaurant in Lincoln City to dig limits of purple varnish and bay clams. REQUIREMENTS: Shellfish license (need to buy prior) Shovel & clam bag (Bill will have available for sale). Take advantage of our class specials. Razor clam shovels are on sale for 23.00 dollars and the clam bag for 5.00 dollars. The purchase price of the book is also discounted. The color edition of Oregon's Clams and Crabs is 18.00 dollars. The black and white edition of Oregon's Clams is 11.00 dollars. Oregon's Crabs is 9.00 dollars and Oregon's Razor Clams cost 8.00 dollars. Or purchase Oregon's Clams and Oregon's Crabs for the combined cost of 15.00 dollars. We also sell crab mallets for 4.00 dollars. DATES: 6/15 - 1:30 at Driftwood Public Library; 3:00 at the Siletz Bay to dig limits of purple varnish clams. |
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On 06/15 Approximately 25 diggers went home happy with clams 6/29 - 12:00 at Driftwood Public Library; 2:00 at the Siletz Bay
On 6/29 it was standing room only at the Driftwood Library as some 40 plus clam diggers went home with limits of purple varnish clams. 7/13 - 12:00 at Driftwood Public Library; 2:00 at the Siletz Bay
approximately 30 participated at our clam dig at the Driftwood Library. After the lecture we met at Siletz Bay and the approximately 30 clam diggers went home with limits of purple varnish clams.
I used the purple varnish clams I dug during our class to make the Oregon's Stuffed Clams I served at my friends home on July 17th. Umm Good!!! 7/27 - 11:00 at Driftwood Public Library; 1:00 at the Siletz Bay was a great success with about 45 participants eventually filling the conference room to standing room only. Once again one of the local newspapers printed the start time an hour later than it actually began. After the lecture we gathered on the tidal flats at Siletz Bay as shown below to dig limits of purple varnish clams. 8/10 - 10:30 The last clam digging class at Driftwood Public Library: 12:30 at Siletz Bay was terrific as approximately 50 participants eventually filled the room to overflowing for the lecture on digging the clams of interest to recreational clam diggers. The value in the sign up sheet for participants is providing us with your email address to send you photos of our clam dig. Clam digger Zachary failed to sign up and I am sure he would like the photos of his children's first limits of clams. Bill
After the lecture 30 plus clam diggers met at the gravel pullout just north of the Bay House restaurant to dig limits of purple varnish clams. Clam digger, Zachary
and his children pictured in the first two photographs above share the moment of digging their first limits of clams together. In the third photograph my lab, Cali Ann shows the clam diggers how to do it. The fourth photograph speaks for itself.
CRABBING: can only get better as we head into the late summer months. They will be more legal sized males entering Oregon's Bay and their shells will be getting harder and the crabs heavier with the sweet succulent meat we all love. These are the last two opportunities this year to experience the new wave method of crabbing with folding crab traps from the sandy shore or deep water docks in Oregon's Bays. Overview: Participants will gather at the pavilion located just west of the public parking area adjacent to the north shore of Siletz Bay at the end of SW 51st for a brief orientation. REQUIREMENTS: Shellfish license (need to buy prior). Your own crab traps but we will be crabbing from shore and suggest using the Crab Max Folding Trap with hand lines (Bill will have the Crab Max folding crab traps available for sale). Bait: we suggest seal friendly chicken legs and a 5 gallon bucket. DATES: 6/22 – 9 AM Friday: the crabbing class was greeted by cloudy and damp weather with some misting rainfall. Approximately 20 brave crabbers took part in our crabbing class. We failed to catch any legal sized crabs. However, we were given 3 legal sized crabs that were caught yesterday but they were soft and we released them to gain weight and harden up. We showed a family of 4 how to dig for purple varnish clams. The clams were large and the crabbing being what it was several others opted to dig clams. 7/6 – 9 AM: on Friday morning the crabbing class was greeted by sunny weather and decent crabbing conditions. The crabbers, all new to crabbing went home with 3/4 of a crab. The video clip tells the story. 7/20 – 8 AM Once again the crabbing class was greeted by cloudy and damp weather with some misting rainfall. Approximately 20 crabbers took part in our crabbing class. Some participants arrived an hour late because of a miss print in one of the local papers. I arrived early to set out my Crab Max crab traps. I caught 1 hard shell legal sized Dungeness Crab. The guy crabbing next to me caught 3 hard shell Dungeness crabs. I reset my crab traps and left them to soak while I was speaking to the participants. During the orientation I demonstrated the legal method to field dress crabs. While I was away from the beach, the crabber on the beach with 3 crabs in his bucket caught 3 more bringing his total to 6 hard shell crabs. After the orientation, we moved to on the beach to crab but the action was over and we failed to catch another legal sized crab. The batteries in my video camera died after we moved onto the beach. 8/3 – 8 AM crabbing class meet at the pavilion for a brief orientation prior to heading out onto the beach to crab on a gorgeous sunny day. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a grand time. The crabbing in Siletz Bay has been improving. The catch of the day was 5 Dungeness crabs, 4 crabs several crabbers got 3 crabs, 2 crabs, 1 crab and no crabs. Prior to the orientation, I caught 1 hard shell crab Dungeness crab, 1 very large male soft shell Dungeness crab and 1 female Dungeness crab. I used the crabs to make talking points during the lecture between the differences between male and female crabs and between hard shell and softshell crabs. Both the female and softshell crabs were returned to the bay. However, most of the crabbers that caught soft shell crabs retained them except for crabber Jamie. To her credit, Jamie returned the soft shell crab to the bay. She enthusiastically embraced both crabbing and digging clams and my girl, Cali Ann in the photo below. Crabbing and digging clams with her was great.
My friend Darren and his family were there to participate in the crabbing and clam digging. Some of the family members were visiting from Sweden. What a joy to see the fun they had interacting with one another while crabbing and digging clams. Darren's young nephew, Collin had a great time digging his first limit of clams. He was just beaming with pride as he showed me his clams. Collin is the red haired young man seen with his mother in the photo and in both video clips. He is well on his way to a lifelong adventure digging clams and catching crabs. The date below is the last opportunity this year to experience the new wave method of crabbing with folding crab traps from the sandy shore or deep water docks in Oregon's Bays. 8/24 – 11:30 AM at the pavilion for a brief orientation prior to heading out onto the beach to crab. CDAO Clam Clinic Siletz Bay 2012 as Part of the Driftwood Library Spring Program, Coastal Encounters |
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As shown above at the Driftwood Library in 2012 - digging clams is a great way to introduce kids of all ages to the values and skills that digging clams has to offer. Everyone who participated in Clam Clinics Siletz Bay and Netarts Bay 2012 went home with a limits of purple varnish clams and bay clams. CDAO sponsored clam clinic clam digging classes are FREE. Call Bill at 541 265 5847 for additional information. We will met at the Lincoln City Library on Tuesday May 22nd at 18:00 pm for a 2 hour lecture on digging the clam species common to Oregon's Bays. We met the follow morning on Wednesday May 23rd at the gravel pullout just north of the Bay House Restaurant at 09:00 am. to dig limits of purple varnish clams. Low tide a minus - 0.6 occurs at 9:17. We will met at the Tillamook County Library on Saturday June 2nd at 11:30 am for a 2 hour lecture on digging the clam species common to Oregon's Bays. The Tillamook City library is located at 1716 3rd St in Tillamook. We met the follow morning on Sunday June 3rd at the informational kiosk located next to the bay just south of the intersection of Whiskey Creek RD and Netarts Bay RD. We focused on digging gaper clams prior to the minus 1.57 low tide at 07:06. Everyone went home with limits of gaper and butter clams. |
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CDAO Clam Clinics 2011 Clam Clinic Netarts Bay 2011 was a 2 day event. We met at the Tillamook Library on Saturday July 2 nd at 11:30 am for a lecture on digging the clams common to Oregon's coastal waters followed by a period for questions and answers. The Tillamook City library is located at 1716 3rd St in Tillamook. We met on Sunday morning July 3rd at the turnout south of the intersection of Whiskey Creek RD and Netarts Bay RD. at 08:15 - 08:30. Our focus was on gaper clams. In the first photo some of the diggers gather around CDAO member Dave Randleman for instructions on how to dig gaper clams. In the second photo Dave reaches down into the hole to retrieve a small gaper clam. |
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| In the third photo Dave displays his prize a small gaper clam. In the fourth photo the diggers disperse across the tidal flats to dig for gaper clams. In the fifth photo Dave displays his limit of bay clams all nineteen of them plus 1 white macoma sand clam.
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 new to clam digging and the wonders found in the marine environment. We met at the Lincoln City Library on Tuesday May 31st at 18:00 pm for a 2 hour plus lecture on digging the clam species common to Oregon's Bays. We met the follow morning on Wednesday June 1st at the gravel pullout just north of the Bay House Restaurant at 7:30 am. All of the diggers went home with limits of purple varnish clams. Clam Clinic Seaside 
Clam Clinic Seaside 2009 went better than expected for an inaugural event. On 06/23 approximately 40 participants attended the lecture series portion of Clam Clinic Seaside 2009.
On the following morning we met at the public parking lot located at the ocean end of 12 Ave. Clam Digger Association member Steve and I were the first diggers on the beach at 05:30 and we were greeted by several razor clams showing as donuts in the wet sand. I'll just bet if we were on the beach at daybreak we would have found razor clams showing. The clams were deep and I managed to dig only 1 of the first 3 that showed.
Steve struck out managing to dig only 1 razor clam for all the effort he put into it. I returned to the parking lot to greet the other diggers and my physician Dr Alison Ma and her husband Mike both of whom are new to digging clams. We departed the parking lot sharply at 06:15 and the diggers dispersed evenly along the beach. Fifty percent of the diggers dug limits of razor clams while the remainder managed to dig between zero and two to four plus clams. I dug a half of dozen clams in the surf using the method recommended by ODFW's Matt Hunter. I have experienced the disappointment of the diggers who did not do well and well as the satisfaction of those that did well. One couple dug a combined total of twenty razor clams mostly from the wet sand. I cannot understate the importance to those new to digging razor clams of being on the beach 2 plus hours before low tide and digging through to the change in tide.
Clam Clinic Coos Bay 2009 met on Wednesday 07-22 at18:00 p.m. for a lecture at the RV Park at the Charleston Marina Complex. Host Susan Smith, her staff and RV Park residents shined like diamonds in the ruff in preparing for our lecture. Scott Groth the south coast shellfish biologist for ODFW and ODFW staff biologist, Stacy were terrific and a high point of the lecture. Scott showed series of slides he had taken of the clams common to Coos Bay and Stacy spoke about the goals of the Shellfish and Estuarine Assessment of coastal Oregon (SEACOR) project.
The photo above shows some of the clam diggers new to digging clams digging Empire clams on the tidal flats at the Charleston Triangle. Tom Greener of Cave Junction in the photo on the left holds up the gaper clam he dug for his son to see. Bonnie from Idaho proudly displays her first Empire clam and Bob not to be out done shows his first Empire clam. Clam digger William and his family drove from Reno Nevada to participate in our clam dig. Once again we owe our thanks to Dave and Sandi Randleman of Shingle Springs Calif via Lincoln City for taking the time to show those new to digging Empire clams the dos and don'ts.
The lecture was followed by a clam dig for gaper clams on the large tidal flat known locally as the Charleston Triangle. We met at the public easement at end of S. Roosevelt ST. at 06:30 a.m. to dig for gaper and butter clams. Most everyone went home with limits of gaper clams. Most all of the diggers were new to digging gaper clams and the take varied between juvenile clams and medium sized clams but was dominated by the smaller sized clams. The Charleston Triangle is a very popular digging area and the small average size of the gaper clams addresses the issue of over digging so common in many of Oregon's Bays. Refer to the Clam Diggers Association for additional information. The razor clams dug from area beaches are an added bonus for those of you seeking additional recreational clam digging opportunities. According to ODFW the razor clam digging at Whiskey Run Creek has been mixed. ODFW has unconfirmed reports that razor clams are showing at Bastendorff Beach. ODFW also reports that razor clam digging has been good on the sand spit on the seaward approach to the Charleston Boat Basin. To get there take the Cape Arago Hwy to Boat Basin RD. Turn right and drive to the Alaskan Packers RD. Park and walk over the dune to the sandy beach. To access Bastendorff Beach take the Cape Arago Hwy to Bastendorff Beach Road ODFW reports that digging razor clams on the sandy portion of the north spit inside the bay has been very productive. To get there turn west from Hwy 101 onto the Trans Pacific Hwy otherwise known as the Menasha Dike. Veer to the right at the Jordan Cove Rd. and to the left at the Horsfall Beach Rd. Follow the Trans Pacific Parkway Rd. until the pavement ends, then continue until you get to the north jetty. People visiting the north jetty also get there by following the Trans Pacific Parking to the Horsfall cutoff to Horsfall Beach. Then take the Beach Rd. south to the north jetty. I spoke to the clerk at the Bites On tackle shop in Empire and he said he prefers the beach road to get to the north jetty. Digging for clams during the outgoing tide on the North Spit offers the opportunity to fish for redtail surf perch on the incoming tide. Currently the fishing for redtail perch on North Beach has been good.The Bite's On Tackle Shop at 750 Newmark Ave in the community of Empire is located just up the street from the Empire Boat Launch can supply all of your fishing tackle, crabbing and clam digging equipment needs. Englund Marine located just around the corner on the Cape Arago Hwy can outfit you with all of the equipment to meet your clam digging and fishing tackle needs. The MILL CASINO located on HWY 101 in Coos Bay offers excitement and entertainment for those of you who are young at heart. You will not want to miss any of our Clam Clinic events. Remember everyone is welcome. You can attend any of our clam clinic events without charge - they are absolutely FREE. Clam Clinic 2008 Coos Bay was a tremendous success sponsored by the Charleston Marina Complex and Englund Marine.
Clam Clinic 2008 Coos Bay began with a 2 hour lecture with an accompanying slide presentation describing how to dig razor and bay clams. The lecture and slide presentation were held at the RV Park Recreation Hall on Wednesday June, 04 at 6:00 pm. The gaper clam dig occurred the following morning, Thursday June, 05 on the tidal flats located on Clam Island. Everyone went home happy as a clam with limits of clams. Click HERE to see a video of the gaper clam dig. Click the back button to return to here. Click HERE to see the clam digging and crabbing equipment we sell. Click the back button to return to here. My fellow clam diggers, Clam Clinic 2008 was an overwhelming success. The success of our Clam Clinics belongs to those who participated. Thank You. CDAO PHOTO GALLERY
Click HERE to view photo gallery of clam digging activities. Participate! Share your clam digging adventures and recipes with us. Post your photographs and clam recipes by emailing them to us at clamdigginginfo@yahoo.com
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