Imidacloprid

Oyster growers in Southwest Washington drop appeal for use of controversial pesticide

Bellamy Pailthorp

Oyster growers in Southwest Washington have given up on their push to use a controversial neurotoxin to control burrowing shrimp. The shrimp can turn…

In this file photo from May 2015, Eric Hall, a manager for Taylor Shellfish, displays burrowing shrimp from the mud below his feet at low tide in Willapa Bay. Last April, state ecology officials denied a permit for imidacloprid to control the shrimp.

Environment

Oyster growers push for pesticide permits to control burrowing shrimp this summer

Bellamy Pailthorp

Oyster growers want to force the state Department of Ecology to allow the use of pesticides in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. A bill before the state…

Environment

Two weeks of testimony scheduled in oyster growers’ appeal for pesticide permit

Bellamy Pailthorp

Oyster growers on the Washington coast will have a chance to convince regulators to let them use a controversial pesticide to control native burrowing…

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Questions Remain About Pesticide Proposal To Combat Burrowing Shrimp Infestation

Bellamy Pailthorp

A proposal to spray a neurotoxic pesticide on oyster beds in Southwest Washington is back on the table. Growers in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are…