| CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County
November 21, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Sonoma County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning About Consuming the Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area of the Northern California Coast
November 20, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notification for sport-harvested Dungeness crab internal organs (viscera) caught in state waters located at:
- Sonoma/Mendocino County line (38° 46.125' N. Latitude) to Point Reyes (37⁰ 59.73' N. Latitude)
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| CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Whole Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast
October 24, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning the public to not consume any parts of Dungeness crab (meat or viscera) caught from the coastal areas of northern California.
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| CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from one area of the Northern California Coast
October 24, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning the public not to eat the internal organs (viscera) of Dungeness crab caught from caught from one coastal area of Northern California.
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| CDPH Lifts Annual Quarantine for Sport-Harvested Mussels Along California Coast
October 24, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today that the statewide annual quarantine on mussels for human consumption by sport-harvesters from California’s ocean waters ends at midnight on Friday, October 31, 2025.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning for Some Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Humboldt County
October 6, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish and seafood safety notification today related to certain sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from Humboldt County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Luis Obispo County
September 30, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notifications today related to sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from San Luis Obispo County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County
September 24, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notifications today related to sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from Del Norte County.
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| CDPH Advises Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Humboldt County
September 9, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Humboldt County.
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| CDPH Advises Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Luis Obispo County
August 29, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from San Luis Obispo County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Orange County
August 11, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notifications today related to sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from Orange County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin County
July 29, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notifications today related to sport-harvested bivalve shellfish from Marin County.
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| CDPH Lifts Domoic Acid Warning for Del Norte County Razor Clams
July 29, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notification related to domoic acid in sport-harvested razor clams in Del Norte County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warnings for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties (Except the Northern Channel Islands)
July 10, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notifications today related to sport-harvested clams, scallops, and oysters from Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties, except the Northern Channel Islands.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County
July 3, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Del Norte County.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin County
June 19, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Marin County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warning Against Consuming Commercial and Sport-Harvested Pacific Sardines from Southern California Waters
June 12, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish and seafood safety notification advising consumers not to eat commercial and sport-harvested Pacific sardines caught from waters between:
- Point Conception (34° 27' N. Lat.) and the California/Mexico border (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties)
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Santa Cruz County
June 6, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Santa Cruz County.
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| CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Diego County
June 5, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted two shellfish safety notifications related to sport-harvested scallops, clams, and oysters from San Diego County.
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| CDPH Warns of Possible Norovirus Infections from Imported Raw Korean Oysters
May 22, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning distributors and retailers not to sell or serve frozen raw oysters from JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeong-si, Republic of Korea (ROK) because they may be contaminated with norovirus, a virus that can cause serious gastrointestinal illness.
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| CDPH Warns the Public Not to Consume Commercial and Sport-Harvested Pacific Sardines from Southern California Waters
May 13, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers to not eat commercial and sport-harvested Pacific sardines caught from waters from:
- Point Conception (34° 27’ N. Lat.) to the California/Mexico border (which includes waters off Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties).
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| CDPH Warns of Domoic Acid Toxicity From Frozen Anchovies
May 7, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health is warning distributors and retailers to not sell specific lot numbers of frozen Sea Wave brand anchovies that have been found to contain elevated levels of domoic acid.
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| CDPH Removes Previous Warning for Commercially Harvested Rock Crab from Portions of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
April 29, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notification that warned against consuming commercially harvested rock crab from state waters located at:
- North jetty of the Humboldt Bay entrance (40° 46.15’ N. Lat.) to the California/Oregon border (42° 00.00’ N. Lat.) (Humboldt and Del Norte counties).
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| Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1
April 23, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the annual quarantine of sport-harvested mussels gathered along the California coast.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Ventura, Orange, and San Diego Counties
April 14, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, or oysters from Ventura, Orange, and San Diego counties.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Diego County
April 2, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, scallops, and oysters from San Diego County.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish From Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties
March 28, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, or scallops from Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara County.
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| CDPH Warns Public Not to Consume Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Santa Barbara County
March 20, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat sport-harvested mussels, clams, or scallops from Santa Barbara County.
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| CDPH Warns of Possible Norovirus Infections from Imported Raw Korean Oysters
March 18, 2025 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning distributors and retailers not to sell or serve frozen raw oysters from Dai Hung Mulsan (KR 7 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea (ROK) because they may be contaminated with norovirus, a virus that can cause gastrointestinal illness.
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