Avoid eating shellfish in months without an ‘r’. Now it’s September and state Department of Health says that samples show no sign of paralytic shellfish poisoning, aka red tide, so recreational harvest can begin on Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches.Shellfish closure lifted from Dungeness Spit to Neah Bay http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110902/news/309029998/shellfish-closure-lifted-from-dungeness-spit-to-neah-bay