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Health department closes recreational harvest of shellfish in Whatcom County

Unsafe levels of biotoxins detected in Drayton Harbor and Bellingham Bay

May 24, 2024 11:09 a.m.
Updated May 28, 2024 3:05 p.m.

By Charlotte Alden General Assignment/Enterprise Reporter

The Washington State Department of Health closed recreational harvest of molluscan shellfish in the

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