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PORT TOWNSEND — The state Department of Health has closed Discovery Bay to recreational harvest of all shellfish species after clam samples were found to have high levels of the biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning, Jefferson County Public Health announced Wednesday.
A sewage spill in Virginia Beach is impacting traffic and has prompted an emergency ban on shellfish harvesting in much of the Lynnhaven River.
Other beaches remain closed to recreational harvesting
The remnants of Hurricane Ian continue to impact the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. Storm stalls off coast for days.
Health officials announced Thursday that a ban on shellfish harvesting in Upper Machodoc Creek in King George County has been extended because of elevated bacteria levels.