Tagged: Washington oysters

10:44am

Wed May 23, 2012
Environment

Blue Ribbon panel warns about dangers of ocean acidification

Credit Photo courtesy of Washington State Dept. of Ecology

Carbon emissions are threatening Washington’s shellfish industry. That’s the concern of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification, which meets today in Seattle.

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10:14am

Tue September 27, 2011
Food warning

Washington oysters sicken 5 people

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington health officials say five people in the state got sick from eating raw oysters that were harvested from an area of Puget Sound's Hood Canal and distributed to 23 states.

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