Beaches from Birch Bay North to Canadian Border Closed to Shellfish Harvest
Birch Bay has once again been closed to recreational harvest of molluscan shellfish due to high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) biotoxin in recent lab tests. All beaches north of Birch Point to the Canadian border, including all of Birch Bay, Drayton Harbor, and Point Roberts, are closed. Read the full media release.