Long before pollution, dams and dredging threatened freshwater mussels living in Indiana rivers and streams, the mollusks faced another devastating menace: Fashion. A nearly insatiable demand for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have ...

We’ve all heard, or read, about pearl button factories located years ago in many towns along the River, including Montrose.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Mussel harvesting is closed across the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of biotoxins that sickened more than 20 people, officials announced Thursday. The closure ...

Mussel harvesting along the Oregon Coast stretching from the Washington border to Florence was halted Friday after the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an “unprecedented” outbreak of shellfish poisoning that has sickened at least 20 people. They ...