California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...

Regulations, whale safety concerns and fickle prey are putting more pressure on the industry. “We’re working very hard to ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...

This diatom produces domoic acid toxins that can cause marine mammals to become confused, move strangely, or even have ...

Domoic acid (DA) is a potent neurotoxin produced by certain species of the marine diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia, which can lead to serious health issues such as amnesic shellfish poisoning in ...

Mobile phases were: A, ddH 2 O with 0.1% Formic Acid; and B, Acetonitrile with 0.1% Formic Acid. Gradient schedule starts at 10% B and is linearly increased to 95% B at 3 minutes, then held at 95% B ...

A 28-year study of phytoplankton interactions in Chilean coastal waters found that salinity, more than temperature, ...

The species can suffer domoic acid poisoning from consuming contaminated fish. Census researchers on Isla Guadalupe in Mexico spotted her sometime in 2024, the center said. It’s the first time a ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers confirmed seven days of razor clam digs on coastal beaches beginning Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Zymo Research Corporation, Unravel Biosciences, Inc., and Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) have joined forces in an urgent research initiative to identify drug therapies for marine ...

Their caretakers are not enthusiastic about invasive procedures, but Cronutt had already been imaged as part of an earlier study of the effects of exposure to domoic acid on the sea lion brain ...