The marine mammals are suffering from domoic acid, a neurotoxin that affects the brain and heart The poisoning event is largely affecting adult female California sea lions.
Sea lions that became ill from toxic algae bloom around at LA beaches in early and mid June have now recovered thanks to care at the Marine Mammal Center Los Angeles in San Pedro. Today two of the sea lion were released back to the ocean in Marina del Rey on Thursday, August 10, 2023. SANTA BARBARA — Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday.
The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute said that since July 26, it has been inundated by daily reports of sick sea lions along 155 miles of shoreline in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, northwest of Los Angeles. The marine mammals are suffering from domoic acid, a neurotoxin that affects the brain and heart, the institute said in a statement. The poisoning event is largely affecting adult female California sea lions, it said.Monterey County lake to reopen, massive fish die off likely due to algae bloomThe California coast commonly sees outbreaks of domoic acid poisoning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NOAA Fisheries.
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