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 ...

The Washington State Department of Health says shellfish harvesting is closed for Vashon Island beaches. That’s because they’ve detected unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison Vashon-Maury Island ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Future of Seattle's Gas Works Park up in the air after falling deaths, safety concerns The future of Seattle’s iconic Gas Works Park could be decided this week as city officials consider whether to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Shellfish samples collected from the coastal towns of Anda and Bolinao in Pangasinan have tested positive for red tide toxin, ...