In May 2024, officials at the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division closed areas of the Oregon coast to recreational harvesting of mussels due to an outbreak of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). At least 20 people had been sickened. They reported harvesting mussels between Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 at Short Beach near Oceanside in Tillamook County and Hug Point and near Seaside in Clatsop County. Some cases were hospitalized, but no deaths were reported.