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.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting in Vashon Island after finding unsafe levels of a marine biotoxin. High levels of Paralytic ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Elevated levels of the potentially deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning, also known as PSP, found in shellfish samples have prompted closures of Fort Flagler, Kilisut Harbor and ...

Recent testing of mussels revealed the presence of a naturally occurring marine biotoxin called diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, or DSP, which can make you sick and can even be life threatening. The ...

HAMPTON — The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival returns this weekend, featuring an abundance of mouth-watering food from the sea and land as well as "the largest beach bar in New England." The end-of-the ...

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 ...

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 ...