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Biotoxin Program Publications

Commercial Shellfish Licensing Programs Publications

Growing Areas Publications

Rules and Regulations

Biotoxins - Myths & Misconceptions  
Test your biotoxin knowledge....some answers may surprise you!

Domoic Acid (ASP) in Shellfish  
An overview of domoic acid - what it is, what it does, where it comes from.

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)  
Also known as "red tide", this fact sheet describes PSP in Q & A format. 

Summer Precautions for Recreational Harvesters
Special precautions you need to know for harvesting in warm summer months.

Vibriosis in Shellfish  
A fact sheet describing an intestinal illness caused by the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus

See Also:

Fish Consumption Advisories
This Office of Environmental Health Assessment Web site lists fish consumption advisories issued for specific water bodies in Washington State due to chemical contamination

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Washington State Commercial Shellfish Companies

This list is published by DOH and is updated approximately monthly (in pdf format - requires free Acrobat reader).  

Alphabetical by company name (134k)
Numerical by license number (131k)

Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List
This FDA Web site lists certified commercial shellfish shippers in the U.S., Canada, Chile, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and New Zealand.

License Renewal Application Instructions  (pdf)
For existing commercial dealers, gives step-by-step instructions for completing license renewal forms.  

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• Annual Growing Area Reports.  DOH's annual sanitary reviews of commercial shellfish growing areas.

• Annual Inventory of Commercial and Recreational Shellfish Areas.  DOH's annual report on the status of shellfish growing areas in Washington State.  A growing area map is part of the Annual Inventory; these are listed separately due to their size.

2006 Annual Inventory (pdf, 2.9MB)
2006 Annual Growing Areas Map (pdf, 4.3 MB)
 

• Assessment of Potential Health Impacts of Virus Discharge from Cruise Ships to Shellfish Growing Areas in Puget Sound.  DOH's report to the legislature on the 2005 cruise ship study.

  November 2007  (pdf)

• Atlas of Fecal Coliform Pollution in Puget Sound.  DOH's annual report of commercial shellfish growing areas affected by fecal pollution. 

  Year 2005  (pdf)

  PSP Patterns in Puget Sound Shellfish.  DOH's annual report for the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program

Year 2001 (pdf)

• Threatened Shellfish Growing Areas.  The map below, which is published annually, pinpoints threatened shellfish growing areas in Washington State.

Threatened Shellfish Growing Areas
     (printed May 2007; PDF 752 kb)
 

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Washington State Shellfish Rules

Chapter 246 -282 WAC, Sanitary Control of Shellfish (legislative Web site)

Chapter 246 -280 WAC, Recreational Shellfish Beaches (legislative Web site)

Federal Shellfish Rules

National Shellfish Sanitation Program  2003 Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish - Links to U.S. FDA web site offering html or pdf versions.   This document replaces the 1999 version and is referenced in WAC 246-282.

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Shellfish Connections Newsletters

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