KING5

Shellfish toxin found at lethal levels in Whatcom County

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. - New test results of shellfish in the waters off Whatcom County have surprised county health officials, forcing them to issue a warning. The new testing has detected marine ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska shellfish toxin testing project halted during federal review

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 ...

New way to track toxic algae that threaten shellfish industries developed by researchers

Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others ...
komonews

WA officials warn of toxic shellfish on Washington's Pacific Coast

Health officials are sounding the alarm on shellfish poisoning along Washington's Pacific Coast. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said it's closely monitoring high levels of paralytic ...
katu

Toxic paralytic shellfish shut down harvesting along entire Oregon Coast

OREGON COAST, Ore. — New shellfish closures are affecting the entire Oregon coast following multiple paralytic poisoning incidents, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of ...
Yahoo

Toxic shellfish? Budd is closed for harvesting

Recreational shellfish harvesting is not currently allowed in Budd Inlet. According to health officials in Thurston County, high levels of the biotoxin that produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning ...
OPB

Biotoxin affects shellfish harvesting in Oregon, Washington

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Agriculture recently announced the closure of mussel harvesting throughout the entire Oregon coast. The agencies also announced ...
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Mussel quarantine in place in California due to toxin risk. What you need to know

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 ...
KING5

Hunt is on for deadly neurotoxin that can contaminate shellfish

PUGET SOUND - You have to go back to the 1940s to find anybody who died from paralytic shellfish poisoning in Washington state, says NOAA biological oceanographer Stephanie Moore. Work by the ...
Philippine News Agency

Samar bay cleared from red tide, condition remains in 4 other areas

The coastal waters of Zumarraga Island in Samar have been cleared from toxic red tide, but the condition persists in four ...
katu

Toxic shellfish warning extends to Washington coast after Oregon outbreak

Third and final suspect arrested in killing of sleeping 13-year-old Gresham boy U.S. marshals arrested the third and final suspect on Thursday wanted in the killing of a 13-year-old Gresham boy as he ...