harvesting mussels at Westport

[HarboritE]

im going out to the jetty tomorrow and was thinking about grabbing a handful of mussels to cook up. the DOH site shows all the beaches in the area closed for harvest of shellfish which doesnt quite seem right. i cant find any further details on the iser friendly web page. i guess ill aire on the side caution unless i find out otherwise.  any insight?

[Sneaky]

Closed for health reasons

[sagerat]

  I wouldn’t risk it

[HarboritE]

Thats what i read too. not worth it, ill be happy with some fish and maybe a crab or 2

[j_h_nimrod]

Not sure of the particulars in this area, but from what I was taught, mussels tend to hold domic acid and PSP causing chemicals much longer and accumulate to higher levels. For that reason I have never chosen to harvest mussels.