The following safety notification is from the California Department of Public Health:
CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Diego County
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.
The annual mussel quarantine remains in effect for the entire California coast. The annual quarantine prohibits the sport-harvest of mussels for human consumption and applies to all species of mussels harvested along the California coast, as well as all bays and estuaries. The purpose of the quarantine, which will continue through at least October 31, is to prevent paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and domoic acid poisoning. Cooking does not destroy the toxins.