A group of coastal Alaska Native tribes in 2016 began monitoring shellfish, a traditional harvest, for deadly biotoxins because the state only tests commercial harvests. The program fills an essential ...
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Gov. Jay Inslee is renewing the state's commitment to protect Washington's lucrative shellfish resources. Inslee joined federal, tribal and other leaders in Olympia Friday to launch ...
Alaska lacks a state-run toxin testing program for noncommercial harvests, so tribes successfully took shellfish safety into their own hands. But shortages of funds and staff put limits on the ...