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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic ...

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 ...

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Shellfish samples collected from the coastal towns of Anda and Bolinao now tested negative for red ...

The shellfish ban remains in effect in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar after recent laboratory tests confirmed the presence of ...

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 ...

Each summer a massive, cold eddy swirls off the northwest coast of Washington, mixing up nutrients and growing algae -- some of them toxic. New research by local scientists identifies the Juan de Fuca ...

TACLOBAN CITY—Shellfish harvested from the coastal waters of Leyte are now safe for human consumption after testing negative ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), on Thursday, Aug. 8, issued an advisory “not to consume” sport/recreationally-harvested shellfish because dangerous levels of domoic acid have been ...

The California Department of Public Health is warning people not to eat sport and recreationally caught shellfish due to high levels of toxins in mussels from Santa Barbara County. The alert was ...