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Researchers monitoring the unprecedented bloom of toxic algae along the west coast of North America in 2015 found record levels of the algal toxin domoic acid in samples from a wide range of marine organisms.
The toxin was also detected for the first time in the muscle tissue or filet of several commercial fish species…
Read Full Article, Science Daily
California health officials issue warning against crab consumption, CNN (11-04-2015)
Due to the detection of dangerous levels of domoic acid, Dungeness and rock crabs caught in waters between the Oregon borders and the southern Santa Barbara County line pose a “significant risk to the public if consumed,” the California Department of Public Health said in a release…
Questions, Answers about Toxic West Coast Crabs, AP / Yahoo News (11-06-2015)
California’s Crab Fiasco Is Worse for Marine Life Than Humans, (11-06-2015)
