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Oysters at the raw bar at Fiola Mare restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC. Oysters at the raw bar at Fiola Mare restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC.Scott ...

Just back from the beach in Sand Point, Jackie McConnell carried a bucket of clams and cockles into her motel room at the Anchor Inn. McConnell is the project coordinator for the Knik Tribe's program ...

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SAN JUAN ISLANDS, Wash. — A large algae bloom near the San Juan Islands is causing a dangerous type of toxin to get inside local shellfish that could paralyze or even kill a person, if eaten.

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 ...

Mussel harvesting along the Oregon Coast stretching from the Washington border to Florence was halted Friday after the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

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This study identifies early, postmetamorphic soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, as the life-history stage most susceptible to effects of blooms of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin-producing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.