The Hood Canal is closed for shellfish harvesting this Fourth of July weekend after the Washington DOH found lethal levels of ...

In Haines, there are active advisories for all shellfish species in Viking Cove, Portage Cove and Taiyasanka Harbor.

Shellfish harvesters in Hood Canal are being urged to stay away after state health officials detected lethal levels of ...

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 ...

Molluscan shellfish harvest from Sandy Point north to the Canadian border including all of Point Roberts reopened Thursday after Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) biotoxin levels dropped in ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Beaches in the Hood Canal, Port Ludlow and Mats Mats bays have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent ...

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 ...

The oysters and bay clams involved in the warning were harvested from certain growing areas in Oregon and Washington. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning restaurants, food retailers and ...

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 ...