Recreational shellfish harvesting is not currently allowed in Budd Inlet. According to health officials in Thurston County, high levels of the biotoxin that produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning ...

OREGON COAST, Ore. — New shellfish closures are affecting the entire Oregon coast following multiple paralytic poisoning incidents, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of ...

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 ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. - New test results of shellfish in the waters off Whatcom County have surprised county health officials, forcing them to issue a warning. The new testing has detected marine ...

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The California Department of Public Health sent out a notice advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, or scallops from San Mateo County.

Health officials are sounding the alarm on shellfish poisoning along Washington's Pacific Coast. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said it's closely monitoring high levels of paralytic ...

Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others can cause devastating economic and ecological effects. University of Maine ...

California public health officials have announced a quarantine on mussels that aren't commercially harvested, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to ...

Third and final suspect arrested in killing of sleeping 13-year-old Gresham boy U.S. marshals arrested the third and final suspect on Thursday wanted in the killing of a 13-year-old Gresham boy as he ...