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 ...

A Southcentral Alaska tribal program that monitors a deadly shellfish toxin on the state's beaches has been halted, as the federal government evaluates its funding. In the summer of 2020, a person in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California health officials are urging ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Blue mussels at Nahku Bay. Every few weeks, at low tide, Liam Wirak-Cassidy heads to a handful of beaches in Haines. He scoops up about two dozen blue mussels, marks where he found them, and freezes ...

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

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 ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – On Thursday, the California Department of Public Health issued an advisory about not consuming sport or recreationally harvested shellfish due to dangerous levels of ...

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.

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 ...