Officials are worried about the veined rapa whelk’s impact on native shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists worry about the invasion of the veined rapa whelk, an Asian species first found in ...

The whelk was the other seafood of the Lowcountry coast, a late winter harvest when shrimping shut down. Tommy Edwards used to pull in three or four tractor-trailer loads per year. The tough meat of ...

Scientists looking for Asian whelks in Hampton Roads Monday didn’t find any, but they may have found something more ominous: the cases in which the animal lays its eggs. ”Now that we’ve got the egg ...

The state has a new focus on how climate change is affecting clams, oysters, mussels, seaweed, marine worms, periwinkles and whelks. Meredith White, who was the director of research and development ...

New York State is advancing a set of rules to limit the annual harvest off Long Island of sea snails known as whelk, but some fishermen say the restrictions aren’t needed. Whelk, also known as conch, ...

GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. – A type of marine snail that eats other shellfish and is native to Asia has been found in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, the first time the animal has ever been seen in U.S.

To the list of species that don’t belong in Chesapeake Bay and probably will harm its delicate balance, add the veined rapa whelk, a snail with an appetite for shellfish that has been feasting on ...

Blue mussels and snails or whelks collected from Unalaska Bay on July 4 registered nearly three times the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxin limit for safe ...