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OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that some commercial shellfish areas could have restricted harvest numbers this year due to high levels of fecal bacteria.
The areas currently meet water quality standards but that may change soon.
“We didn’t move out here to fight,” residents told McClatchy.
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Little is being done to address the pollution that’s keeping Indigenous communities from their traditional food sources
OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has completed the annual water quality evaluation of the state’s commercial shellfish growing areas. Unfortunately, high fecal bacteria levels will lead to harvest restrictions in four of Washington’s 115 shellfish growing areas.