California HAB News: May 2025

The CDPH Monthly Biotoxin report for May 2025 is available here.

May 29: ‘Longest, most toxic, and deadliest’ algae bloom may finally be at an end – LA Times

May 13: CDPH Warns the Public Not to Consume Commercial and Sport-Harvested Pacific Sardines from Southern California Waters​ – CDPH

May 6: Marine Mammal Care Center gets more funding amid unprecedented number of sick, dead sea lions – NBC4

May 5: Domoic acid decline in ocean offers hope for Southern California sea lions – CBS8

May 1: 2025 HAB Update Flyers: Domoic Acid and PSP – SCCOOS

May 1: Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1​ ​ – CDPH

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California HAB News: April 2025

The CDPH Monthly Biotoxin report for April 2025 is available here.

The California HAB Bulletin for March and April 2025 is available here.

April 25: More dead marine mammals wash ashore in Ventura County – KTLA

April 22: Stranding Team Responds to More Than a Dozen Dead or Dying San Diego Dolphins in a Single Day – NOAA

April 9: 2025 HAB Update Flyer – SCCOOS

April 1: California’s sea lions aren’t really ‘demonic’—they’ve been poisoned – National Geographic

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California HAB News: March 2025

The CDPH Monthly Biotoxin report for March 2025 is available here.

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

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