Health officials issued a ban beginning Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, on shellfish harvesting at Pierce County beaches affected by dangerous levels of biotoxins. Beaches in Pierce County are closed to ...

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 ...

There were at least 20 people harvesting mussels on Oregon's Short Beach this weekend who were seriously poisoned after eating them, prompting health officials to tell residents to immediately throw ...

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.

Authorities in Oregon have closed the entire state's coastline after an “unprecedented” outbreak of shellfish poisoning led to 20 people being struck down. The illnesses were caused by saxitoxin, a ...

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 ...

FILE - Grasses and yearling oysters, growing on the large "mother" shells planted throughout the bed, are barely covered by a thin layer of water at low tide on May 1, 2015, in Willapa Bay near ...

Following ongoing shellfish toxin monitoring the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) warning has been extended. The affected area now includes the entire coastline from Whakatane Heads in the Eastern ...

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 ...

Harvesting shellfish has been put on hold for several beaches in Washington. According to Public Health Seattle & King County, paralytic shellfish poison has been detected from Alki Beach to Dash ...

All recreational shellfish harvesting has been temporarily suspended along Kitsap County’s eastern shoreline after tests taken on Monday found high concentrations of a potentially deadly marine ...

Update, Sept. 2: The closure on the Narrows has been lifted. The Colvos Passage closure remains in effect, according to the state Department of Health. Update, Aug. 29: Washington Department of Health ...