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Biotoxin Program Publications
Commercial Shellfish Licensing Programs Publications
Growing Areas Publications
Rules
and Regulations
Biotoxin
Program Publications
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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Commercial Shellfish
Licensing Program
Publications
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 (pdf, 138 kb)
Numerical
by license number (pdf, 134 kb)
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, 58 kb)
For existing commercial dealers,
gives step-by-step instructions for completing license renewal
forms.
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2009 Storm Event - Shellfish Growing Area Closures After Action
Report. This report summarizes actions taken and presents
water quality data recorded during and after the floods in January 2009.
(pdf, 1.5 mb)
Annual
Report:
Commercial and Recreational Shellfish Areas in Washington State.
This report is compiled each year to fulfill elements of the Puget Sound
Partnership's Management Plan and Conservation and Recovery Plan. (pdf,
483 kb).
This report, also known as the Annual Inventory, is different than the annual
reports on individual growing areas.
A growing area map is part of the Annual Report; it's listed separately due to
its size.
Annual Inventory Growing Areas Map
(pdf, 1.9 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. (pdf, 2.7 mb)
Atlas of Fecal Coliform Pollution in Puget Sound. DOH's
report of commercial shellfish growing areas affected by
fecal pollution. (pdf, 2.5 mb)
In 2007, summary fecal coliform reports were also done
for:
Burley
Lagoon
Drayton Harbor
Dungeness Bay
Henderson Inlet and Nisqually Reach
PSP Patterns in Puget Sound Shellfish.
DOH's report for the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program
(pdf, 1.3 mb)
Shellfish Growing Area Annual Reports, Early
Warning System Summary Reports. DOH's annual sanitary review of
individual commercial shellfish growing areas.
Published with
the annual reports are a list of areas that are "threatened" or
"of concern", and a map that shows the general locations of these
areas.
Shellfish
Growing Areas Listed as Threatened or of Concern
Map of
Threatened Shellfish Growing Areas (pdf, 744 kb)
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Washington State Shellfish Rules
Chapter 246-282 WAC,
Sanitary Control of Shellfish
(Code Reviser's web site)
Chapter
246-280 WAC, Recreational Shellfish
Beaches (Code Reviser's web site)
Federal Shellfish
Rules
National
Shellfish Sanitation Program 2007 Guide for the Control of
Molluscan Shellfish -
Links to U.S. FDA web site offering html or pdf versions.
This document replaces the 2005 version and is adopted by reference in
WAC
246-282-005.
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