A Statewide HAB Network and Forecasting System
May 1: Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1 – CDPH
May 1: 2025 HAB Update Flyers: Domoic Acid and PSP – SCCOOS
May 5: Domoic acid decline in ocean offers hope for Southern California sea lions – CBS8
May 6: Marine Mammal Care Center gets more funding amid unprecedented number of sick, dead sea lions – NBC4
April 1: California’s sea lions aren’t really ‘demonic’—they’ve been poisoned – National Geographic
April 9: 2025 HAB Update Flyer – SCCOOS
April 22: Stranding Team Responds to More Than a Dozen Dead or Dying San Diego Dolphins in a Single Day – NOAA
April 25: More dead marine mammals wash ashore in Ventura County – KTLA
March 31: In Southern California, a Sea-Mammal Crisis Washes Ashore – NY Times
March 27: Early Bloom of Toxic Algae off Southern California Sickens Hundreds of Sea Lions and Dolphins – NOAA
March 20: Toxic algae bloom is sickening marine life along San Diego’s coastline – Fox5 KUSI
March 18: Algal bloom sickening marine mammals off Southern California ‘will only get worse’– KTLA5
March 10: Sea lions sickened as toxic algae threatens California’s marine mammals – The Guardian
The California HAB Bulletin for December 2024 – February 2025 is available here.
February 28: Unusually early toxic algae bloom is sickening and killing sea lions in Southern California – OC Register
February 26: Toxic algae bloom in Malibu blamed for sick sea lions – KTLA5
October 24: Large algae bloom forms off coast of Santa Monica ABC7
October 18: Dolphins frolic in blue glow during ‘red tide’ off San Diego coast The Coast News
The California HAB Bulletin for October 2024 is available here.
The CDPH Monthly Biotoxin report for October 2024 is available here.
August 11: Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast LA Times
August 2: Sick sea lions stranded on California coast as experts fear algae poisoning The Guardian
August 2: Sea lions, dolphins, crabs, washing up sick on California beaches KFXL
The California HAB Bulletin (May-Aug 2024) covering the 2024 Stranding Event is available here.
The CDPH Monthly Biotoxin report for August 2024 is available here.