All recreational shellfish harvesting has been temporarily suspended along Kitsap County’s eastern shoreline after tests taken on Monday found high concentrations of a potentially deadly marine ...

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting in Vashon Island after finding unsafe levels of a marine biotoxin. High levels of Paralytic ...

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 ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the people that all shellfish and alamang harvested from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda ...

Health officials issued a ban beginning Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, on shellfish harvesting at Pierce County beaches affected by dangerous levels of biotoxins. Beaches in Pierce County are closed to ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Discovery Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent to the state Department of Health.

Following ongoing shellfish toxin monitoring the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) warning has been extended. The affected area now includes the entire coastline from Whakatane Heads in the Eastern ...

FILE - Grasses and yearling oysters, growing on the large "mother" shells planted throughout the bed, are barely covered by a thin layer of water at low tide on May 1, 2015, in Willapa Bay near ...

Future of Seattle's Gas Works Park up in the air after falling deaths, safety concerns The future of Seattle’s iconic Gas Works Park could be decided this week as city officials consider whether to ...

Update, Sept. 2: The closure on the Narrows has been lifted. The Colvos Passage closure remains in effect, according to the state Department of Health. Update, Aug. 29: Washington Department of Health ...

TACLOBAN CITY — Authorities have maintained a shellfish ban in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar after laboratory tests confirmed the continued presence of red tide toxins, according to the advisory ...