Saving Seafood

Massive Pacific Coast Algal Bloom Dissipates from BC Coast

July 8, 2015 — The threat from a large toxic algae bloom, which settled off the B.C. coast in May, has abated, according to scientists.

The Pacific Ocean bloom had sparked concern along the coast from California all the way to Alaska.

Though the situation in B.C. waters wasn’t as bad as further south, the bloom was serious enough to cause shellfish closures. At the time, researchers were concerned that shellfish and other marine life, including razor clams, crabs, hake and West Coast sardines, could have elevated levels of domoic acid, a neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning.

Read the full story at the CBC

 

This is what happens when you dump your live goldfish down the toilet

June 25, 2015 — Have you ever seen a goldfish in the wild? Well, they exist, and they’re huge.

It sounds like a sci-fi fantasy, but its real: Goldfish are growing to gigantic proportions in Canada after being dumped by bored owners.

The Alberta government is trying to stop Canadians from throwing out their fish into ponds, according to The Washington Post. CBC News summed up the affects pretty eloquently: “Goldfish the size of dinner plates are multiplying like bunnies.”

In one case, 40 of the domestic fish were pulled from a pond.

“That’s really scary because it means they’re reproducing in the wild,” said Kate Wilson, aquatic invasive species coordinator at Alberta Environment and Parks. “They are getting quite large and they are surviving the winters that far north.”

Read the full story at the Boston Globe