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Our scientists recently completed another round harmful algal bloom monitoring in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Island

woman on ship pulls on white rope through pulley with ocean and mountains visible in the backgroundScience at Sea | Our scientists recently completed another round of small boat operations in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Island to support harmful algal bloom monitoring of traditional harvesting sites along the Kodiak Road system. The team conducted CTD profiling (pictured here) and collected HAB cells for molecular analysis. 

Learn more about the project: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/hab-monitoring-and-toxin-testing-supports-kodiak-archipelago-community-subsistence-harvests-and-advances-forecast-development/