Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others ...

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, ...

With all the talk about the disease-fighting, life-extending superpowers of the Mediterranean diet, a lot of people are trying to cram more seafood into their meals. But while there are endless ...

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 ...

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some ...

Seafood like shrimp, crab, and lobster are a type of shellfish. Shellfish are good for your brain and heart, but it’s common to have a food allergen to foods in this group. Shellfish have been eaten ...

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 ...

At Taylor Shellfish Farms in Washington’s Puget Sound, fisherman can be found performing a seemingly odd ritual. One may stumble upon them stomping around on the sand, followed by a swift motion to ...

Portions of the Poquoson River are closed to shellfish harvesting due to a sewage release. According to the Virginia ...

Portions of the Poquoson River will be closed to shellfish harvesting for at least several weeks starting Wednesday due to ...

China's tidal flats feed people and mollusk-eating migrating shorebirds such as red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly ...