Harbor shellfishing was banned during the U.S. typhoid outbreak in 1925, though 'moderately contaminated' clams could be ...

The state's Division of Marine Fisheries is in the process of reclassifying parts of the outer Boston Harbor so that ...

Love that clean water! For the first time in 100 years, commercial and recreational shellfishers will be allowed to direct ...

It's the season for shellfishing in parts of the Westport River, where people are braving the cold weather. Here's where to ...

The FDA issued a warning last week that shellfish originating from growing areas in Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay, Oregon, may be contaminated with the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, ...

The Washington State Department of Health has closed recreational harvest of molluscan shellfish from Sandy Point up to the Canadian border due to unsafe levels of a paralytic biotoxin. Molluscan ...

An increase in carbon emissions are showing up not only in the air, but also in water. Now researchers and shellfish farmers are teaming up to see how marine plants can help stave off the effects of ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

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.