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 ...

A new threat to New England's shellfish industry seems to be establishing itself more firmly, and regulators are trying to stay ahead of potentially deadly blooms of toxic algae that may be driven by ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that shellfish in certain regions could contain harmful toxins with a paralytic effect. The shellfish come from the Pacific Northwest region, ...

A Southcentral Alaska tribal program that monitors a deadly shellfish toxin on the state's beaches has been halted, as the federal government evaluates its funding. In the summer of 2020, a person in ...

The Research and Productivity Council in Fredericton has mapped the DNA of MSX. It brings them closer to knowing how to fight ...

Health experts have warned against eating shellfish gathered off the coast of the Pacific Northwest due to suspicions of a deadly toxin that causes paralysis and death. The Washington Department of ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a potentially deadly bacteria found in warm coastal waters, after reporting a sharp rise in infections and ...

Those sweet shellfish may be tempting, but eating oysters in Florida has been dangerous this year. Oysters have sickened people in the Sunshine State with three different types of illnesses, at least ...

A toxic algal bloom in Adelaide's West Lakes could turn shellfish from the lakes deadly, health officials have warned. SA Health said people should not take shellfish from West Lakes and the nearby ...