Crabbing season has officially kicked off in Washington state. However, the state Department of Health is warning residents ...

Washington officials extended a ban on harvesting and eating shellfish from Hood Canal waters on July 2.

Recreational harvesting for clams, oysters, mussels and scallops is closed throughout Hood Canal and has been expanded to ...

Shellfish harvesters in Hood Canal are being urged to stay away after state health officials detected lethal levels of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

From harvesting times and poisoned shellfish to tagged crabs and smuggled crustaceans, here’s what you need to know this crabbing season.

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of, and consumers not to eat, certain oysters from Dailyfresh Shellfish Inc. The implicated Oregon health ...

Washington state warns against shellfish harvesting in Hood Canal after toxic levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning were ...

In Haines, there are active advisories for all shellfish species in Viking Cove, Portage Cove and Taiyasanka Harbor.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic ...

Most of Vashon Island is now closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison, which acts quickly and can cause paralysis of the respiratory system ...

The probable case of paralytic shellfish poisoning at Kenai Peninsula's Clam Gulch overnight Sunday was the first ever recorded at the popular Southcentral clamming area, and the second-most northern ...