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Shellfish and Seafood Advisories

Please see below for recent news announcing seafood and shellfish advisories and quarantines. For updated information on shellfish biotoxin advisories, call CDPH’s toll-free “Shellfish Information Line” at (800) 553-4133. Bivalve shellfish information and recent test results can be viewed in the CDPH Recreational Shellfish Advisory Map. Crab and lobster test results can be viewed on the CDPH Domoic Acid webpage. For additional information visit CDPH’s Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program webpage.

CDPH Lifts Warning About Consuming Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area Along Northern California Coast

January 2, 2026 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has lifted the shellfish safety notification to not consume the internal organs of any sport-harvested Dungeness Crab caught in state waters located at:

CA/OR border (42⁰ 0.00' N. Latitude) to Reading Rock State Marine Reserve (41° 17.6’ N. Latitude)

CDPH Warns Consumers to Not Eat the Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast

January 2, 2026 — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning consumers to not eat the internal organs (viscera) of sport-harvested Dungeness crab caught along the coastal areas of Northern California.