NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Virginia Department of Health has announced an emergency closure for parts of the James River due to shellfish flooding. Health department officials say river flooding between ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A portion of the James River has reopened to harvesting shellfish. Virginia public health officials closed the section in the Newport News area of the James to shellfish ...

Nov. 4—The Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission has decided people will be able to harvest bay scallops in areas of the Niantic River it oversees despite diminished populations in the river. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has temporarily closed stretches of the James and Rappahannock rivers to shellfish harvesting due to significant flooding. These ...

State officials announced Friday they have begun testing seafood from the Tangipahoa River and Lake Pontchartrain to look for potential contamination after the explosion and fire at the Smitty’s ...