In the context of Willapa Bay’s unique oceanographic properties, however, unexpectedly choppy conditions are no surprise at ...

Washington’s Willapa Bay is tucked behind Long Beach, and the shallow bay is a well-known producer of oysters.

It adds certain shellfish lots harvested from Willapa Bay between May 26-30 have been recalled to reduce the risk of PSP illness.

NAHCOTTA, Wash. — For the first time in years, commercial gillnetters are filling their holds with Willapa Bay’s most prolific salmon. Over the past week, more than 60,000 pounds of chum ...

SEATTLE (AP) — After 34 years rearing shellfish in Willapa Bay, Dave Nisbet was in a bind: Nature had stopped providing. Oysters were no longer reproducing naturally on the Washington Coast ...

The shellfish include oysters and bay clams from Netarts Bay and Tillamook Bay, Oregon, harvested on or after May 28 and all shellfish species from the area of Willapa Bay, Washington, harvested ...

OLYMPIA — It’s taken a lot longer than controlling Iraq, but the war against an invasive weed that threatened to choke Willapa Bay seems to be winding down.

A commercial fisherman and a US state of Washington observer were rescued early Monday (Oct. 14) after a gillnet vessel sank in Willapa Bay about 95 miles southwest of Seattle. A statement by the ...

This proposed property, identified as “Willapa Property A” of the North Willapa Bay Estuaries and Shoreline Project, is part of WDFW’s Region 6.

The Washington State Department of Health says recreational shellfish harvest is prohibited in Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is a natural marine bio-toxin.

A helicopter crew from Astoria arrived to find him waving his arms in the water, but by the time rescuers reached him, he was floating unresponsive and not breathing.

Feb. 22—Willapa Valley's Nathan Fluke and Blane King were honored by being named to the top teams as the 1B Columbia Valley League released its all-league team for the 2023-24 season. Fluke, a ...