Sport-Harvested Mussels Quarantine Lifted for the North Coast

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today that the statewide annual quarantine on mussels taken by sport harvesters from California’s ocean waters ends at midnight on Monday, October 31, 2011.

Sampling of mussels has confirmed that shellfish-borne paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins and domoic acid are at safe or undetectable levels with the exception of the northern Channel Islands region.

For the entire CDPH news release, click here.