shellfish

It was particularly damaging for these fishermen because Dungeness crabs tend to be their most lucrative catch of the year, making the shellfish, Jardine said, a kind of “gilded trap.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Long periods of sea heat can trigger mass die-offs among some seagrasses, shellfish and other species, as well as encouraging greater numbers of warm-water creatures including octopus.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

The heat has warmed the lagoons, boosting the growth of algae that cover the shellfish.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

For the adventurous and industrious, from October to March, the town sells $50-a-week shellfish permits for recreational scalloping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Wherever I went now, whether to the shore when I gathered shellfish or to the ravine for water, I carried this weapon in a sling on my back.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

Here sea creatures come to live, fishes swim hungrily to and fro, and shellfishes die in the mud which, by and by, is to become firm rock with stony animal remains embedded in it.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James