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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Washington State Department of Health has closed recreational harvest of molluscan shellfish from Sandy Point up to the Canadian border due to unsafe levels of a paralytic biotoxin. Molluscan ...

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 ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – On March 19, 2025, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an Advisory “not to ...

San Diego County health officials on Friday advised residents to avoid locally harvested shellfish not purchased from a state-certified commercial harvester or dealer. In a statement, county officials ...

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 ...