As a first-ever precautionary response to an unprecedented bloom of the toxic alga Pseudo-nitzschia in its waters, Maine officials have temporarily banned shellfish harvesting along part of the coast. A ...

Selected inlet-estuary areas on eastern Long Island have been placed under temporary emergency shellfish closures by the State of New York. On April 5, 2012, New York announced the earliest-ever ...

Training on rapid screening tools was provided to the state of Alaska, university scientists, regulators, educators, and shellfish industry leaders. Credit: B. Himmelbloom, University of Alaska Fairbanks. In June 2010, ...