The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has warned the public not to harvest recreational shellfish along Washington’s coast, specifically Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, due to an influx of ...

Health officials are sounding the alarm on shellfish poisoning along Washington's Pacific Coast. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said it's closely monitoring high levels of paralytic ...

Those thinking about harvesting shellfish will want to wait. Paralytic shellfish poison has been detected from Alki Beach to Dash Point State Park, and all along eastern Vashon-Maury Island, including ...

Each summer a massive, cold eddy swirls off the northwest coast of Washington, mixing up nutrients and growing algae -- some of them toxic. New research by local scientists identifies the Juan de Fuca ...

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 ...