PORT ANGELES – Health officials have shut down all beaches along most of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to shell fishing.
Due to high levels of biotoxins, Clallam County’s health department downgraded recreational shellfish harvesting to now include all shellfish in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Low Point Lyre River east to Dungeness Spit.
All species means clams, geoduck, oysters, mussels and other invertebrates such as the moon snail. All areas are closed for the sport harvest of scallops. These closures do not apply to shrimp. Crab meat is not known to contain biotoxins, but the guts can contain unsafe levels. Officials say you should clean crab thoroughly and discard the guts.