SALEM, Ore. – New shellfish closures are affecting the entire Oregon coast, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. This comes after the Oregon Health Authority…
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OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE CRITICAL SHELLFISH ALERT: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Investigation Needs Responses to a Survey
Health officials in Oregon are investigating an outbreak of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) among people who recently ate mussels that were recreationally harvested from coastal areas in Lincoln, Tillamook, and Clatsop Counties….
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE CRITICAL SHELLFISH ANNOUNCEMENT: Shellfish poisoning confirmed in mussels recreationally harvested in Tillamook and Clatsop counties
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) advises you to throw out any mussels recreationally harvested since Saturday May 25 from the Washington border to Seal Rock State Park (the current mussel harvesting closure area) and…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Throw out mussels harvested between Washington border, Seal Rock State Park
Health officials say at least 20 people sickened by naturally occurring biotoxin after gathering mussels from Short Beach near Oceanside, Hug Point, and near Seaside PORTLAND, Ore.—An outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning…
OREGON DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE & OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE Recreational Shellfish Alert 5/26/24: Mussel Closure Extended to Include Entire North Coast
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish closure today Sunday, May 26, 2024. The mussel closure has been extended from the central…
Central Coast Closes For Mussel Harvesting 5/23/24 – from Cape Lookout to Seal Rock State Park
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish closure. Mussel harvesting has closed on the central coast effective May 23, 2024. Levels of…
State Veterinarian Issues Animal Import Permit to Santa Claus
In preparation for the upcoming holiday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has issued an animal import permit to Santa Claus of 123 Elf Rd, North Pole, and his nine reindeer. The…
North Oregon Coast, Clatsop Beaches Open For Razor Clam Harvesting Today, Oct. 4th
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish opening. Razor clamming is open from the south jetty of the Columbia River to Tillamook…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: North Coast Reopens to Razor Clamming
(May 5, 2023 -ASTORIA, Ore) – The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and ODFW announce the opening of razor clam harvesting at 12:01 a.m. May 6 from the Washington border to Tillamook Head….
NETARTS-OCEANSIDE SANITARY DISTRICT: Sewage Spill in Netarts Bay Tuesday, Dec. 27; Bay Closed to Commercial Shellfish Harvesting
The Netarts-Oceanside Sanitary District experienced a sewage spill at its Netarts pump station early in the afternoon of Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The Oregon Department of Agriculture closed Netarts Bay to commercial…