Tag: mussels

Harvested mussels on Oregon coast sicken 20

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Did you harvest mussels near Oceanside and Seaside since Saturday? If so, the Oregon Health Authority said to throw them out. At least 20 people were sickened from an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning after harvesting mussels from Short Beach near Oceanside, Hug Point, and near Seaside, authorities said. Some of […]

Grants awarded to restore freshwater mussels in west branch of Susquehanna

Dec. 23—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) this week announced that a conservation partnership, of which it is a member, has been awarded a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Watershed Investment for Landscape Defense (ChesWILD) grant to restore freshwater mussels to the West Branch Susquehanna River (West Branch). The grant was […]