The FDA has announced a recall of raw oysters and Manila clams over a possible link to a cluster of norovirus‑like illnesses.

On March 5 the Washington State Department of Health, via Whatcom County, ordered an emergency closure of recreational and commercial shellfish harvest in Drayton Harbor after illnesses were linked to raw oysters harvested on Feb.

Those who want to lease public coastal waters to cultivate shellfish have until Aug. 1 to submit applications.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed reclassifying squids and other cephalopods as shellfish, removing its responsibility for regulating those fishery products and ensuring they are regulated by NOAA Fisheries like other mollusks.

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some shellfish may be contaminated with a serious toxin ...

A public hearing on three proposed shellfish bottom and water column leases in Hyde County is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Hyde County Courthouse in Swan Quarter.

Children with shellfish allergy had reduced odds for outgrowing this allergy if they also had asthma, oral allergy syndrome or allergic rhinitis, according to study findings presented here.These data were presented at the American Academy of Allergy,