Beachgoers in the state have been asked to report any sightings of stranded animals to their local wildlife departments.
from the NOAA’s Fisheries department. “We are managing more than 200 reports of marine mammals in distress each day,” Ruth Dover, co-founder and Managing Director of the Wildlife Institute said in a statement. “We are doing the best we can to keep up with the intense pace.”An algae called Pseudo-nitzschia is blooming off the coast of California.
When exposed to domoic acid, animals become lethargic and disoriented. They experience nausea, seizures, and many then die after exposure. They become sick because the acid enters their food chain. A smaller fish becomes infected, and then a sea lion or dolphin eats that fish and becomes sick. It won’t affect people unless the domoic acid is found in food consumed by humans.
Though algae blooms are naturally occurring, climate change does contribute to favorable conditions for harmful blooms. Warmer ocean temperatures have fueled larger algae blooms, according to the
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