Hundreds of outbreaks tied to harmful marine algae and other sources have been reported in the U.S. since 2011, a new CDC ...

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) comprise a suite of potent neurotoxins, principally saxitoxin and its analogues, produced by certain marine dinoflagellates and freshwater cyanobacteria. These toxins ...

Almost all of East Jefferson County is now closed for all shellfish species after samples from sites tested by the state Department of Heath were found to have high levels of the biotoxin that causes ...

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a suite of potent guanidinium neurotoxins produced by marine dinoflagellates and freshwater cyanobacteria. These compounds accumulate in filter‐feeding bivalves ...

High levels of naturally occurring toxins circulating in the ocean off the Sonoma Coast have led public authorities to recommend people not eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops or oysters from ...

A popular shellfish harvesting area in Western Washington is now off limits because of a potentially deadly marine toxin.

California health officials are urging people to avoid eating shellfish gathered along parts of the Bay Area coast after dangerous toxins were found in local waters. The California Department of ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health has partially lifted its closure of shellfish harvesting from Discovery Bay. The bay had been closed to harvesting due to elevated levels of paralytic ...

California health officials are urging people to avoid eating shellfish gathered along parts of the Bay Area coast after dangerous toxins were found in local waters. The California Department of ...