The oystercatcher feeding on open mussels in the video was filmed in Tee Harbor in spring of 2019, at a time when the level of paralytic shellfish poisoning in the mussels was already high and getting ...

Eating shellfish regularly may support immune health, brain function, and protein intake. Learn the benefits, risks, and ...

Experts working on guidance for toxins in mollusks have made several recommendations for further research. The guidance is intended to support the development of sampling, analysis and management ...

Can’t beat these bivalves A half-dozen oysters of the day and chef’s choice mollusks at Oyster Hale by Crush recently featured frilly-shelled Puget Sound Wildcat Coves and creamy Taylor Shellfish ...

To protect consumers, screening shellfish for fungal toxins is important, say scientists. Research, published today (06 September) in the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) journal, Letters in ...

Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety agency have looked at checks on food of non-animal origin (FNAO) and bivalve mollusks in Turkey. A DG Sante audit on FNAO, in September 2022, ...

As oyster lovers slurp their way through October, honoring their favorite bivalve during N.C. Oyster Month, the health of the state's mollusk fishery appears to be on an upward trajectory. After two ...

The emergence and global dissemination of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, presents a huge ...

The Municipality of Fiumicino has announced that, following an inspection by ASL RM 3, a temporary ban has been imposed on the collection, commercialization, and direct sale of live ...

Footage shows a fisherman prying open freshly harvested pen shells. Russel Del Ayre saw the worker removing the innards of the molluscs with a knife in Bicol, the Philippines. The man then placed the ...