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#DomoicAcid can also accumulate in #shellfish & small #fish that feed on the #algae, leading to poisoning in larger #marine animals & humans who consume contaminated #seafood.

Addressing the urgent need to monitor the impact of harmful #AlgalBlooms on #MarineSpecies requires collective strategies. The destructive #California #wildfires, which have contaminated our #oceans & are threatening #MarineLife, serve as a critical call to action for collaborative efforts to protect marine environments….

#China wants to restore the #sea with high-tech marine ranches
China is the world's top #fish consumer and is spending billions on technology designed to restock #oceans.
Since 2015, China has built 169 “national demonstration ranches” and scores of smaller-scale facilities, which collectively have laid 67 million cubic meters of artificial #reefs and planted an area size of Manhattan with #seagrass, while releasing at least 167B juvenile fish and #shellfish into ocean.
technologyreview.com/2024/12/3

MIT Technology Review · China wants to restore the sea with high-tech marine ranchesBy Matthew Ponsford
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"Spanish fishers in #Galicia — Europe’s main source of #shellfish and the biggest producer of #mussels in the world — are reporting a “catastrophic” collapse in shellfish populations due to the #climate crisis.

Some shellfish stocks have plummeted by 90 percent in just a few years."

ecowatch.com/spain-shellfish-p

EcoWatch · Spanish Fishers in Galicia Say Shellfish Stocks Are Collapsing Due to Climate ChangeBy Cristen Hemingway Jaynes