Fish and shellfish are an important part of a healthy diet. Fish and shellfish contain high-quality protein and other essential nutrients, are low in saturated fat, and contain omega-3 fatty acids. A ...

Shellfish allergies are the most common food allergies in adults and among the most common food allergies in children. Approximately 2% of the U.S. population reports an allergy to shellfish. 1 ...

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 ...

The United Nation’s 2030 development agenda adopted in 2015 outlines 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the organization has continued to put food security in the center of its vocalization.

Note: A fecal coliform level of 43 MPN per 100 mL was used as the threshold as samples with fecal coliform concentrations above this level suggest that shellfish harvested in the area could be ...

Shellfish cultivation is a sustainable method of providing human food and can help remove large amounts of CO 2 from the atmosphere. Over the last two decades, longline-based structures have dominated ...

Soft shell clams are a native species that live in mud, sand and gravel intertidal areas. It takes about three to four years for a clam to grow to legal size, which is two inches (2"). Harvest season ...

The purpose of the sanitary monitoring is to find and evaluate all sources of sanitary pollution that could affect shellfish harvest waters. Water quality surveys have two main components: sanitary ...

In 2020, there were two changes that directly affected shellfish aquaculture in the state of Washington, brought about by two different federal actions: A June 2020 federal court decision affected ...