As the official start of summer approaches, federal officials are warning Americans to take extra precautions when eating oysters and clams to avoid a potentially deadly illness known as paralytic ...

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The recent wash-up of dead white mussels, whelks and other shellfish on the West Coast has remained confined to St Helena Bay ...

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 ...

High levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning showed up in samples of shellfish last year from the Aleutian Islands, according to an analysis by the Knik Tribe. The Southcentral ...

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed large numbers of dead white mussel, whelks and ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has sounded the alarm after a wave of dead shellfish washed up along parts ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an “unprecedented” outbreak of shellfish poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. They ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug ...