If the idea of feasting on shellfish in a park next to the ocean appeals to you, you’re not alone. Last year, 2,500 people showed up at the B.C. Shellfish Festival in Comox. That’s double the ...

Three years after devastating losses caused by climate-change-linked changes in ocean water, British Columbia shellfish farmers are still waiting for signs their industry will recover. “We don’t know ...

A heat wave that baked the Northern Pacific at the end of June and early July has had a significant impact on B.C. shellfish growers, and could prove dire for returning salmon this year as well, as ...

Tens of thousands of dead mussels carpet the rocks at Vancouver s Kitsilano Beach on July 6, just over a week after the peak of B.C.'s heat wave. It's now thought the heat primed coastal waters for an ...

VANCOUVER – The BC Centre for Disease Control is reminding Canadians that eating raw or undercooked bivalve shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and cockles could lead to illness.

As people flock to B.C. beaches, fisheries officers are concerned about shellfish harvesters who might be unaware they are risking their lives by disobeying closures. “It’s very, very dangerous,” said ...