PSP Biotoxin Causes Recreational Shellfish Closure for Beaches in Northern Whatcom County

Unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) biotoxin have been detected in molluscan shellfish on beaches in Drayton Harbor. As a result, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed recreational harvest for all species of molluscan shellfish on beaches from Birch Point north to the Canadian border including Point Roberts. Read more: https://wa-whatcomcounty.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/34028/Biotoxin-media-release-5-2-18