Shellfish Laws and Guidance

Alabama 

• Alabama Public Health: Food, Milk and Lodging resources

Alaska 

• Food Safety and sanitation program: shellfish resources 

California

• Seafood and Shellfish Safety

Connecticut 

• Bureau of Aquaculture & Laboratory Services
• Shellfish Sanitation Program

Delaware 

• Shellfish Program ​

FDA

• Control of Molluscan Shellfish
• Seafood Guidance Documents

Florida

• Seafood HACCP Guidance

Georgia 

• Rules of Georgia Department of Agriculture: Chapter 40-7-1 GENERAL RULES

Illinois

• Shellfish Labeling

Indiana 

• Indiana State Department of Health: Retail food establishment sanitation requirements

Kentucky 

• Commercial Food Manufacturing in Kentucky: A Starter Guide GO TO PAGE 25

Louisiana 

• Louisiana oyster harvesting regulations
• Food Safety for Seafood
• Wildlife and Fisheries

Maine 

• Department of marine resources: Shellfish Sanitation and Management
• Shellfish Laws and Regulations
• Shellfish Management

Massachusetts 

• Find an approved shellfish seed hatchery​​
• Shellfish classification areas
• Shellfish Planting Guidelines
• Shellfish propagation permits for aquaculture
• Shellfish Sanitation and Management
• Statement of permit conditions: shellfish harvest, handling transport and sale

Michigan 

• Michigan Department of agriculture and rural development: Shellfish Sanitation Program

​Minnesota 

• Minnesota Administrative Rules on Molluscan shellfish

​Nevada 

• Department of health and human services Nevada – Shellfish Distribution Program

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Saltwater Fishing Regulation

New Jersey 

• New Jersey Division of fish and wildlife: Bureau of Shellfisheries
• Seafood and Shellfish Project​
• Shellfish

New York 

• New York Department of Environmental Conservation Shellfish safety
• Guide to Marine Shellfish Aquaculture

​Ohio 

• Ohio Shellfish Processing

Oregon 

• Oregon Shellfish regulations
• Department of Fish and Wildlife

Pennsylvania 

• Seafood/shellfish registration and certification
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Shellfish resources
• Shellfish Processor or Distribution or Warehouse

Rhode Island ​

• Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management: Shell fishing 
• State of Rhode Island Department of health – Shellfish Business 
• Shellfish Inspection Program 
• Shellfish Harvester Education 
• Shellfish Online Training 
• Shellfish Water Quality Monitoring 

South Carolina 

• South Carolina Department of natural resources – Marine & shellfish
• South Carolina – Shellfish Regulation

Texas 

• Texas Parks & Wildlife – Shellfish Regulations for shrimping, crab, oyster, and other aquatic life
• Seafood HACCP​​

​Virginia

• Fresh and Frozen Seafood 
• Consumer Advisory
• Handbook for small manufacturers
• Sanitation Monitoring for Seafood Processors
• Shellfish Safety​

Washington 

• Washington State Department of Health – Commercial Shellfish: licensing, certification, and permits
• Shellfish Information