Consumers Warned To Avoid Eating Rock Crabs, Bivalve Shellfish

[yuiyoshida]

The California Department of Public Health has issued a warning to consumers to avoid eating rock crabs from Half Moon Bay and bivalve shellfish and rock crabs from Monterey Bay.

Officials with the California Department of Public Health issued a warning on Friday to consumers to avoid eating rock crabs from Half Moon Bay and bivalve shellfish and rock crabs from Monterey Bay.

Dangerous levels of a toxin called domoic acid have been found in rock crabs and bivalve shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels and scallops.

The warning is in effect for state waters south of 37 degrees 11 minutes north latitude to 36 degrees 35 minutes north latitude, according to health officials.

That's an area roughly between Pigeon Point and Cypress Point in Monterey County.

The advisory covers rock crab caught recreationally or commercially and recreationally caught mussels, clams and the internal organs, or viscera, of scallops, health officials said.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Consumers-Warned-To-Avoid-Eating-Rock-Crabs-9175682.php

(Damn it! Stop polluting our Beaches and Oceans!)

[SunSeeker]

1. Bummer. These are all my faves....

Thanks for the heads up!

[KamaAina]

2. Domoic acid poisoning can cause loss of short-term memory

it was first discovered in mussels from PEI, Canada some years ago. Not sure if the cause is water pollution or an algal bloom like the one that ruined Dungeness crab season, but then again, that was caused by warm ocean temps resulting from greenhouse gas pollution, so your point stands.

[LeftyMom]

3. It's not pollution, domoic acid is produced by phytoplankton.

This is a really good fact sheet on the phenomenon and what sea life is effected: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/environhealth/water/Documents/Shellfish/Natural_Marine_Toxins_2015.pdf

[yuiyoshida]

4. you didn't read the post above yours

did you?

[LeftyMom]

5. I did.

I just think speculation beyond the evidence isn't helpful.

[yuiyoshida]

6. its a fact

global warming is real and so is green house gases.