A sign posted on Glass Beach along Bellingham Bay warns of toxic shellfish on November 5, 2025, in Bellingham, Wash. (Rachel Showalter/The Bellingham Herald) Molluscan shellfish harvest from Sandy ...

State health and wildlife officials have closed recreational shellfish harvesting in Hood Canal and parts of Admiralty Inlet after testing detected dangerous levels of a toxin that can cause paralysis ...

The geoduck, extraterrestrial clam god of Puget Sound, has survived for thousands of years in local waters, with individual specimens often living 140-160 years or more. The bivalve recently received ...

Spring means the start of shellfish season in Washington state. “The return of daytime low tides brings opportunities for recreational clam, mussel, and oyster gathering across hundreds of ...