The owners of Penn Cove Shellfish are crossing their fingers that a diesel spill caused when a derelict crab boat caught fire and sank last week won't do any lasting damage to their operations on Whidbey Island.

Avoid eating shellfish imported from South Korea, advises the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

HARRISBURG -- The state departments of Agriculture and Health today advised Pennsylvanians to immediately discard and not consume shellfish from Korea.

State health department officials issue an alert to all Commonwealth residents to throw away and not eat any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea. The Federal Food and Drug Administration warns that the shellfish may be contaminated.

Harrisburg – The state departments of Agriculture and Health today advised Pennsylvanians to immediately discard and not consume any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea due to a recent report from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) saying these products may be contaminated.

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The state departments of Agriculture and Health today advised Pennsylvanians to immediately discard and not consume any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea due to a recent report from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) saying these products may be contaminated.

WHIDBEY ISLAND -- The Washington state Health Department has temporarily closed Whidbey Island's Penn Cove to all shellfish harvesting due to a diesel spill from a sunken fishing boat.

WHIDBEY ISLAND -- The Washington state Health Department has temporarily closed Whidbey Island's Penn Cove to all shellfish harvesting due to a diesel spill from a sunken fishing boat.

The decrepit Deep Sea has spewed a 1-1/2-mile-long diesel sheen after catching fire and sinking to the bottom of Whidbey Island's Penn Cove on Sunday, about one-quarter mile from a mussel farm.

The Washington state Health Department has temporarily closed Whidbey Island's Penn Cove to all shellfish harvesting due to a diesel spill from a sunken fishing boat.

The Rhode island Health Department is warning people not to eat fresh or frozen shellfish shipped from Korea.

Divers have successfully plugged the hole in the fuel tank of a 128-foot crab boat that caught fire and sank in Penn Cove this past weekend, but enough diesel leaked out that the state has closed the bay to shellfish harvesting. According to Mark Toy, an environmental engineer with the state Department of Health, more diesel was in the boat than earlier thought and photos from the air have shown ...

R.I. Health Dept. warns Korean shellfish may be contaminated

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday concerning shellfish from the Republic of Korea.

(KATV, Source: Arkansas Dept. of Health) – According to information released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all Korean certified shippers have been removed from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL) effective May 1, 2012.

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday concerning shellfish from the Republic of Korea. The FDA says all fresh and fresh frozen molluscan shellfish from Korea should be considered from an unapproved source.

(Little Rock, AR) -- Americans are being warned not to eat any fresh or frozen shellfish that comes from Korea.

Americans are being warned not to eat any fresh or frozen shellfish that comes from Korea. According to information released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all Korean certified shippers have been removed from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL) effective May 1st.

The Penn Cove Shellfish company has suspended harvests at Whidbey Island while clean-up crews work to contain and recover diesel fuel coming from a derelict vessel that burned and sank.

Famed shellfish in jeopardy after boat fire, sinking Mussel harvesting has been suspended until further notice in Whidbey Island's world-renowned Penn Cove after a 128-foot derelict fishing vessel anchored there burst into flames and later sank, officials said.