shellfish

Shellfish growers who suffer losses from a qualifying natural disaster event may be eligible for assistance through the Farm Service Agency.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish closure.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish opening.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have closed recreational crabbing from Bandon to the California border due to elevated levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid.  The closure includes the ocean, bays and estuaries, and on beaches, docks, piers and jetties.  Recreat...

Last month, western Washington representative Suzan DelBene announced that the farming community may be eligible for disaster-related relief funds due to excessive heat and droughts. “Many on this call I know experienced firsthand this series of heat waves, the heat dome that hit the Northwest last summer, including the time in June where our temperatures went up to 120 degrees.  Pai...

Last week, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the opening of razor clam harvesting on the south coast.  Now the entire Oregon coast is open for razor clam harvesting. Recent shellfish samples taken from the area indicate levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid have fallen below the limit for two consecutive sampling weeks.  Mu... Read Mor

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene is welcoming the news that the U.S. and European Union have agreed to lift their ban on shellfish trade. The 2011 ban on selling bivalves to the EU has had a substantial impact on many coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest ...

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that another section of the coast has been opened for razor clam harvesting. Razor clamming is now open from Tillamook Head, south of Seaside, to the California border ...

In an effort to help the farming community negatively impacted by the pandemic, the Washington State Department of Agriculture recently announced it has awarded more than $14.2 million in COVID-19 relief grants to small businesses across the state ...

Last week, the Washington state Department of Agriculture announced it was offering grants to small agriculture-related businesses that have suffered economically due to the pandemic, and have been left out of earlier relief programs. The WSDA’s Laura Raymond said the Relief and Recovery grants are a joint effort with the state Department of Commerce, are intended to help businesses in four secto