Alert Status:
Active
Issued Date:
03 Jun 2025
Health Alert
Do not eat recreationally harvested mussels, oysters, clams, pipis, cockles, wedge shells abalone and scallop roe from the following areas:
- Pipe Clay Lagoon in South East Tasmania
- Adventure Bay on the east coast of Bruny Island
- Little Taylors Bay on the west coast of Bruny Island near Lunawanna
- Mercury Passage in Eastern Tasmania. This includes waters north of Lachlan Island, south of the line between Lords Bluff and Ile du Nord, and east of Spring Beach
- Boomer Bay in South East Tasmania, including Boomer Bay, Little Boomer Bay, and Boomer Bay East to the east of Dunalley.
These warnings were issued on 8 May 2025 (Boomer Bay), 16 May (Mercury Passage), 27 May (Adventure Bay and Little Taylors Bay) and 3 June (Pipe Clay Lagoon) and remain current.
What to watch out for
Wild shellfish
Wild shellfish include:
- Oysters, mussels, clams, pipis, cockles, wedge shells, abalone and scallop roe
- Intestines and livers (tomalley) of rock lobster can also be affected when toxic algal blooms are present
Symptoms
Symptoms can occur within minutes to hours after eating shellfish. Cooking or freezing shellfish does not destroy the toxins that cause shellfish poisoning. Shellfish poisoning symptoms include:
- tingling or numbness
- weakness
- blurred vision
- difficulty breathing
- vomiting
- diarrhoea
