Most experts agree that a balanced diet should contain two servings of fish per week. At least one of those servings should be oily fish. Oily fish are seafood like salmon, sardines, and trout. These ...

Fish and shellfish are an important part of a healthy diet. Fish and shellfish contain high-quality protein and other essential nutrients, are low in saturated fat, and contain omega-3 fatty acids. A ...

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 ...

Usual intake estimates describe long-term average intake of food and nutrients and food contaminants. The frequencies of fish and shellfish intake over a 30-day period from National Health and ...

Phyllis Clough was driving to the post office in the tiny Alaskan village of Old Harbor one summer afternoon when her lips went numb. Within minutes, her mouth was swollen and the numbness had spread ...

Shellfish, particularly bivalves like clams and oysters, are a nutritious and sustainable seafood choice. Rich in protein and omega-3s, these mollusks are low in contaminants and benefit the ...

On a cool morning in August, Stephen Payton stood at the edge of a dock in Seldovia, Alaska, dragging a fine, conical net at the end of a pole through the rippling ocean water. Screaming crows and ...

Shellfish cultivation is a sustainable method of providing human food and can help remove large amounts of CO 2 from the atmosphere. Over the last two decades, longline-based structures have dominated ...

Note: A fecal coliform level of 43 MPN per 100 mL was used as the threshold as samples with fecal coliform concentrations above this level suggest that shellfish harvested in the area could be ...