Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birch Bay State Park file photo. (Alyse Smith/The Bellingham Herald) The Washington State Department of Health has closed ...

Western Shinnecock Bay has once again been closed to shellfish harvesting this spring by the presence of a toxic algae bloom ...

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, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Department of Health has banned the harvesting of shellfish in parts of Broad Bay due to a recent sewage leak. The leak, which occurred on Nov. 8, can contaminate ...

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 ...

BRICK -- New Jersey officials suspended shellfish harvesting on Nov. 17 in an area of Barnegat Bay off Brick due to poor water quality. On Monday, state Department of Environmental Protection ...

South Carolina’s 2019-2020 season for harvest of oysters, mussels, clams and all other bivalves from State Shellfish Grounds and Public Shellfish Grounds will close on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at one half ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The new season for recreational shellfish harvesting is set to officially begin in less than two weeks. The 2025-2026 harvest season for clams and oysters will begin a ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - UPDATE: The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said that the #0632 Choctawhatchee Bay Eastern Shellfish Harvest Area reopened at sunrise on ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 5, 2026 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The waters of Escambia Bay are open again to shellfish harvesting, according to the Florida Department of ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Florida Department of Agriculture said the No. 1022 North Bay Eastern Section Shellfish Harvest Area in Bay County will reopen at sunrise Feb. 13 for harvesting ...

Spring means the start of shellfish season in Washington state. “The return of daytime low tides brings opportunities for recreational clam, mussel, and oyster gathering across hundreds of ...