Research from Stony Brook University has not only detected Vibrio vulnificus—commonly referred to as flesh-eating ...

Health experts are on alert after the discovery of a highly lethal flesh-eating bacteria that has a 20% mortality rate within ...

Experts working on guidance for toxins in mollusks have made several recommendations for further research. The guidance is intended to support the development of sampling, analysis and management ...

Blue mussels at Nahku Bay. Every few weeks, at low tide, Liam Wirak-Cassidy heads to a handful of beaches in Haines. He scoops up about two dozen blue mussels, marks where he found them, and freezes ...

Long Island waters are threatened by runoff from hundreds of thousands of cesspools, harmful algae and even flesh-eating ...

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The new warning covers all bivalve shellfish harvested by recreational anglers and foragers along the Sonoma Coast. A similar ...

Just back from the beach in Sand Point, Jackie McConnell carried a bucket of clams and cockles into her motel room at the Anchor Inn. McConnell is the project coordinator for the Knik Tribe's program ...

The oysters and bay clams involved in the warning were harvested from certain growing areas in Oregon and Washington. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning restaurants, food retailers and ...

Mussel harvesting along the Oregon Coast stretching from the Washington border to Florence was halted Friday after the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

New Zealand Food Safety (NZSF) is urging the public not to eat shellfish collected from the Taranaki coast after the discovery of paralytic shellfish toxins. NZSF said routine tests on mussels have ...