NOAA Finds Warming Waters Could Spark Rise in Ciguatera in Gulf of Mexico
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] December 3, 2015
NOAA has published a study in the journal of Ecological Modeling that forecasts an increase in ciguatera fish poisoning in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Southeast Atlantic coast; the result of rising global ocean temperatures due to climate change.
According to NOAA, temperatures in the Caribbean, are already near the top of their preferred range for the growth of the Ciguatera-causin Gambierdiscus algae. The algea are abundant in the Caribbean, and ocean warming would enable some of those species to move northward, increasing its presence in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. southeast Atlantic. Warmer temperatures could also mean larger and longer blooms of harmful algae, including those that produce ciguatoxins NOAA said...
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