Recent testing of mussels revealed the presence of a naturally occurring marine biotoxin called diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, or DSP, which can make you sick and can even be life threatening. The ...
Island County has closed all of its beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting due to biotoxins, the county announced. The closure applies to all species of shellfish, including clams, mussels, ...
The best time of the year for fans of oyster and clam lovers in the Grand Strand is almost here. The 2024-2025 recreational shellfish harvesting season will officially kick off on Tuesday, Oct. 1, a ...
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health has lifted its closure of shellfish harvesting from Port Townsend Bay, Marrowstone Island, Kilisut Harbor and Mystery Bay. Those areas had been closed to ...
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 ...
A "Colourless" red tide has led to large numbers of dead white mussel, whelks and other shellfish washing out at St Helena ...
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 ...
The state Health Department has closed all King County beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting after paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) has been found at levels of concern in shellfish samples on ...
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has sounded the alarm after a wave of dead shellfish washed up along parts ...
SHELLFISH RULE CHANGES are set to take place Jan. 1 at a number of Jefferson County beaches, adjusting 2026 opening dates for ...
The Washington State Department of Health has again closed off all beaches in Whatcom County to recreational harvesting of all molluscan shellfish. The closure comes from the unsafe levels of ...
Ring in the new year with some razor clams as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers approved ...