They may be contaminated with high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, a naturally occurring toxin produced by algae. Shellfish harvested from those areas during that period were ...

Recreational shellfish harvesting is not currently allowed in Budd Inlet. According to health officials in Thurston County, ...

WaterNSW has warned against eating shellfish from a large river on the New South Wales South Coast following the discovery of ...

It's extremely rare for seafood laden with this toxin to reach our tables. But human activities are producing more frequent ...

Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly ...

Davao Region has issued a warning against consuming shellfish from Balite Bay due to the presence of red tide. The public is ...

High levels of the biotoxin which produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) were detected in shellfish at unsafe levels, prompting closure of recreational shellfish harvesting for all species in ...

One of the recognized poisoning syndromes that can occur from consuming contaminated shellfish is paralytic shellfish ...

Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (EIFCA) said it was "highly likely" both dogs died from paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). EIFCA said there was no risk to people or pets ...

In some cases, DA has even caused the permanent loss of short-term memory in a condition known as "amnesic shellfish poisoning" (ASP). Despite this danger, little is known about the extent of ...