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Scientists are closer to testing a newly-developed HAB forecast for Kodiak, AK

Man on boat tends to scientific instrument.

Following the spring harmful algal bloom mapping survey in Kodiak, AK, NCCOS scientists and partners are one step closer to testing a newly-developed HAB forecast for the area. This will help alert subsistence harvesters of potentially fatal toxins that accumulate in shellfish and cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/early-spring-hab-mapping-survey-in-alaska-informs-subsistence-harvesters/