A newly approved shellfish toxicity test is quickly becoming music to the ears of fishery laboratory personnel, as well as the tens of thousands of mice whose lives the new test aims to save each year ...

A group of coastal Alaska Native tribes in 2016 began monitoring shellfish, a traditional harvest, for deadly biotoxins because the state only tests commercial harvests. The program fills an essential ...

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has set up an environmental research and testing lab in Sitka and plans to begin testing local shellfish for biotoxins this spring. There has reportedly been some concern ...

Washington officials extended a ban on harvesting and eating shellfish from Hood Canal waters on July 2.

Mussels, oysters, scallops and clams might be ingredients for fine cuisine, but they can also be a recipe for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). That's a gastrointestinal illness people can get if ...

Queen's University scientists have created new technology to detect toxins in shellfish. The American Food and Drugs Administration is offering QUB a $500,000 grant to develop the test for use on ...

A Norwegian university spinoff has developed a cheaper, rapid test for shellfish that can help processors check that their food products confirm to the EU's safety standards. EU regulations require ...

Shellfish harvesters in Hood Canal are being urged to stay away after state health officials detected lethal levels of ...

Alaska lacks a state-run toxin testing program for noncommercial harvests, so tribes successfully took shellfish safety into their own hands. But shortages of funds and staff put limits on the ...