State officials announced that shellfish caught along certain outer sections of the Boston Harbor can now be eaten.

For the first time in decades, water quality has improved enough to reclassify certain areas to allow shellfishing for human ...

Revive I-5 work to restart on Ship Canal Bridge, months-long lane closure ahead Drivers have gotten a lot use out of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge since the 1960s, but now it’s showing its age and needs ...

Scientists have issued a warning after finding worryingly high levels of fiberglass inside oysters and mussels. This is the first time the tiny glass fragments have been identified in the marine food ...

Two people have died after eating oysters contaminated with flesh-eating bacteria, health officials confirmed, and others have been infected. Both of the fatal cases were traced to Louisiana-harvested ...

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 US state of Maine's Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has reopened 7,500 acres of the US state's southern coast, ending a four-day closure due to a significant rainfall that raised concerns ...

Microplastics—tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in size—are increasingly being found in our food supply. While fish and shellfish have long been associated with plastic contamination due ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.