Chris Warner has been harvesting seafood in coastal Maine since he was a teenager. It’s never been easy, but he’s never let the obstacles stand in his way. Sometimes, he says, it feels like he’s spent ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Agriculture recently announced the closure of mussel harvesting throughout the entire Oregon coast. The agencies also announced ...

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 ...

The cancer likely started off as an immune cell that mutated, multiplied and adapted to survive in the water. By Carl Zimmer In the 1970s, soft-shell clams started mysteriously dying off in Maine and ...

Shellfish allergy symptoms typically develop within minutes after ingesting seafood or shellfish. They can last from several hours to a few days, depending on the severity of the reaction and the ...

High levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning showed up in samples of shellfish last year from the Aleutian Islands, according to an analysis by the Knik Tribe. The Southcentral ...