window.document.getElementById(‘post-9636’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;North and central coast reopened to most shellfish harvesting following flood event Mussel harvesting still closed due to PSP toxins
Sampling and testing indicates that water quality has returned to pre-flood-event levels so the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced the reopening of commercial and recreational harvest of clams on the north and central coast with the exception of commercial harvesting of clams in Tillamook Bay. Recreational mussel harvesting remains closed along coastal beaches, rock, jetties, and at the entrance to bays from north of Siletz Bay to the Columbia River due to elevated levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). That closure, due to naturally-occurring marine toxins, has been in effect since October.
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