Safe shellfish practices

Safety tips for shellfish harvesting, storage, handling and cooking, selling and buying, and identification.

Services and information

How to check if a harvesting area is open and how to keep your shellfish cold.

Descriptions and images to help you identify species of bivalve shellfish.

Shellfish storing times and tips for handling and cooking shellfish.

Best practices for selling and buying healthy shellfish.

About illness from eating illegally harvested shellfish and how to find out if an area is safe for harvesting.