The Washington State Department of Health has closed beaches in Vashon Island after finding unsafe levels of a marine ...

The Washington State Department of Health closed beaches in Pierce County to the harvest of all shellfish species due to the ...

Beaches in Pierce County are closed to shellfish harvesting due to dangerous levels of biotoxins, according to a ...

The Washington Department of Health has extended its closure of recreational shellfish harvesting to all of the shores of ...

News of the additional levy on Indian imports has earned mixed reactions from Washington trade groups and businesses.

Current difficulties in the aquaculture sector require State support for fish farming operators to survive, according to IFA Aquaculture, which represents the industry. "We are calling on Minister ...

For the second summer in a row, Florida wildlife officials said they are suspending the popular scallop harvest along all state waters in Pasco County over worries of unsafe toxins from harmful algal ...

While the Pasco zone is closed, others remain open, including in Gulf waters along Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties until ...

This story is part of “Cultivating the Coast,” a special report that explores Harpswell’s rapidly growing aquaculture ...

The world's oceans are being rapidly transformed as climate change intensifies. Corals are bleaching, sea levels are rising, ...

Olympia oysters, a raindrop-shaped oyster no longer than a golf ball, used to take up an estimated 20,000 acres across Puget ...

The state government has closed Cowell's Franklin Harbour, one of South Australia's biggest oyster growing regions, as a ...