CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Oyster lovers, mark your calendars! The 2024-2025 season for the recreational harvest of shellfish, including clams and oysters, opens in South Carolina’s coastal waters on ...

Jeff Harrison has been a waterman for just shy of five decades. Based in Maryland, he gets up around four in the morning to head out and dredge and tong for oysters. A lot changes over the course of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Recreational shellfish harvesting will remain closed until the fall when cooler water temperatures ensure that shellfish are once again safe for harvesting and consumption.

Oyster beds in Beaufort County have been closed to shellfish harvesting due to contamination concerns caused by Hurricane Matthew. In this file photo from 2013, Andrew Carmines, general manager of ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has closed multiple shellfish harvesting beds in Charleston and Georgetown counties due to excessive ...

South Carolina’s 2025-2026 shellfish harvesting season will close May 27 at one-half hour after sunset, according to the ...

WASHINGTON — Paralytic shellfish poisoning found in shellfish along the Oregon Coast has been found along the Washington coast, state officials reported Wednesday. Last week, after at least 20 people ...