Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best time of the year for fans of oyster and clam lovers in the Grand Strand is almost here. The 2024-2025 recreational ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harvesting shellfish has been put on hold for several beaches in Washington. According to Public Health Seattle & King County, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state Health Department has closed all King County beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting after paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) has been found at levels of concern in shellfish samples on ...

Paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) has been detected at unsafe levels on the beaches of Vashon-Maury Island's Quartermaster Harbor, according to Public Health – Seattle & King County. As a result, the ...

The Washington State Department of Health has closed all beaches in Whatcom County, including Point Roberts, to the recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish due to unsafe levels of a ...

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 ...