Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning
LA TimesVisitors look for clams to dig along the beach in Warrenton, Ore. Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an “unprecedented” outbreak of shellfish poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. “We’ve had a paralytic shellfish poisoning event in Oregon that we have never seen in the state,” Matthew Hunter, shellfish program manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said during a briefing on Friday. Officials in neighboring Washington have also closed the state’s Pacific coastline to the harvesting of shellfish, including mussels, clams, scallops and oysters, a shellfish safety map produced by the Washington State Department of Health showed. Under the new restrictions out of Oregon, razor clam harvesting is closed along roughly 185 miles of coastline, from the central coast town of Yachats down to the California state line.
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