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A huge red tide bloom is plaguing New England for several weeks now. Yet officials still only have data on shellfish.
Continue reading...8 May 2011
Cape Code Massachusetts is suffering a shellfish harvesting closure due to ehat is probably the same red tide that has already effected Maine.
Continue reading...24 April 2011
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Several areas in Maine have just been closed to shellfish harvest due to a red tide bloom. We have info about the areas effected within.
Continue reading...4 July 2010
The scientists said it would happen. I sure can understand why no one wanted to believe it. It seemed to easy to say predictions of a massive and intense red tide bloom were inaccurate when the season started with only sporadic out breaks of red tide. And then – BAM! Tons of very intense red [...]
Continue reading...15 April 2010
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Did you know that Main’s Red tide is a completely different animal than the K. Brevis that makes up Florida Red Tide? It’s called Alexandrium Tamarence. It behaves differently, but the effects are just as destructive. Link to this post!
Continue reading...2 April 2010
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We told you last month that a very grim summer was predicted for the folks up in Maine. Looks like it has started early. Here’s an excerpt from a press release from the people at the Woods Hole: Yesterday, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution senior scientist Donald Anderson told the Cape Cod Times that some small [...]
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31 May 2011
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