It's the season for shellfishing in parts of the Westport River, where people are braving the cold weather. Here's where to ...

“Thanks largely to the multi-billion-dollar clean-up of Boston Harbor, water quality has improved enough to reclassify ...

For the first time in decades, water quality has improved enough to reclassify certain areas to allow shellfishing for human ...

The state's Division of Marine Fisheries is in the process of reclassifying parts of the outer Boston Harbor so that ...

Experts compare the nutrition of shelled sea creatures, like lobsters, mussels, crabs, shrimp and oysters, to those with fins, like salmon. With all the talk about the disease-fighting, life-extending ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

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 ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The FDA says ...

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 ...

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 ...