Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another Washington waterway is closed for shellfish harvesting. The Washington State Department of Health says it discovered ...

Just back from the beach in Sand Point, Jackie McConnell carried a bucket of clams and cockles into her motel room at the Anchor Inn. McConnell is the project coordinator for the Knik Tribe's program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harvesting shellfish has been put on hold for several beaches in Washington. According to Public Health Seattle & King County, ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Discovery Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent to the state Department of Health.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Health closed beaches in Pierce County to the harvest of all shellfish species due to the presence of biotoxins. The Department of Health also ...

For the first time, scientists have made a definite link between the toxin produced by algae that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning and marine mammal deaths. Fur seals found dead last August on ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), on March 19, issued an advisory “not to consume” sport/recreationally-harvested shellfish. Dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins ...

As untold numbers of sea mammals and birds suffer and die from exposure to toxic algal blooms along California coastlines, including Orange County, state officials urge residents to exercise caution ...

Illegal harvesting contributes to declining fish stocks and aquatic habitat destruction, as well as threatens food safety, and impacts the sustainability of fisheries for coastal and Indigenous ...

Update, Sept. 2: The closure on the Narrows has been lifted. The Colvos Passage closure remains in effect, according to the state Department of Health. Update, Aug. 29: Washington Department of Health ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego County health officials Friday advised residents to avoid locally harvested shellfish — such as mussels, clams, scallops or oysters — not purchased from a state-certified ...