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 ...

Vaishnavi Dandekar is a graduate student at the UBC School of Journalism, Writing and Media. Her love for food and telling stories about it has drawn her to food reporting. Find her on Twitter ...

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 ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's shellfish industry is reeling from the impact of a mysterious norovirus that has forced the closure of seven coastal oyster farms, caused others to curtail operations and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Despite insatiable demand, many are concerned B.C.’s once-thriving shellfish industry could be sinking. “I’d say it’s full-scale panic mode (for scallop farmers),” said Rob Saunders, CEO of Qualicum ...