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

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 ...

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 ...

Experts working on guidance for toxins in mollusks have made several recommendations for further research. The guidance is intended to support the development of sampling, analysis and management ...

Recent testing of mussels revealed the presence of a naturally occurring marine biotoxin called diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, or DSP, which can make you sick and can even be life threatening. The ...

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.

Recreational shellfish harvesting at Budd Inlet has been closed due to high levels of marine biotoxins in Thurston County. The Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Department says unsafe ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has imposed a ban on the harvesting, marketing, and consumption of shellfish in the towns of Bolinao and Anda in western Pangasinan after ...

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 ...

It was 25 years ago this month that more than a hundred people were sickened on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Three people died. Days later it was confirmed they suffered from a domoic acid in locally ...

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 DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The County of San Diego is advising people not to eat locally harvested mussels, clams, scallops or oysters that were not purchased from a state-certified commercial ...