Think twice about eating butter clams harvested in the area, particularly in Viking Cove, where there’s a shellfish advisory in place.
The Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research network or SEATOR, posted the Haines-area advisory in early August. But there are several others in place, including one that went out just last week and impacted Ankau and Puget Cove beaches in Yakutat.
The advisories are based on shellfish and phytoplankton observations in locations…

