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 ...

Friends of the Bay partners with Oyster Bay to seed clams, aiming to restore shellfish populations and improve water quality ...

Experts compare the nutrition of shelled sea creatures, like lobsters, mussels, crabs, shrimp and oysters, to those with fins, like salmon. With all the talk about the disease-fighting, life-extending ...

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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 ...

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

High levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning showed up in samples of shellfish last year from the Aleutian Islands, according to an analysis by the Knik Tribe. The Southcentral ...

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Sarah Dudas doesn't mind shucking an oyster or a clam in the name of science. But sit down with her and a plate of oysters on the half-shell or a bucket of steamed Manila clams, and she'll probably ...

As red tides continue to impact the West and South coasts, the DFFE urges the public to avoid consuming shellfish and ...

The recent wash-up of dead white mussels, whelks and other shellfish on the West Coast has remained confined to St Helena Bay ...