Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and collaborators, have published a ...

Shellfish are growing in popularity, but they’re not always the best for our health, especially as biotoxins are becoming ...

Anchovies contaminated with this toxin can cause Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) in humans, characterized by memory loss, ...

Steffaney Wood is a fifth-year PhD student researching marine chemical biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC ...

The lab tests for toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. Paralytic shellfish poisoning can build up in filter feeders such ...

Microscopic view of domoic acid producing Pseudo-nitzschia diatom in a seawater sample from Monterey Bay, California. This diatom species, when ...

The recent advisory is in addition to the Annual Mussel Quarantine designed to prevent paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and domoic acid poisoning, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning ...

When it’s feeding time, Vancouver Island University biology student Chloe McLaughlin carefully scoops a palm-sized green sea urchin out of a tank. Flipping it upside down, she exposes the ...

What's the best seafood delivery service for 2024? Food delivery services can deliver all kinds of things straight to your door. So even if you don't live near the ocean, you can still get fresh ...