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HAB Alerts

Toxin testing results and beach advisories are shared through hosting organizations. Websites are linked below for more information.

2025

  • Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research Biotoxin Report for SE Alaska Tribes
    • 7/1: Juneau: Auke Rec (Pt. Louisa) Advisory in Place for butter clams only
    • 6/26: Ketchikan: Seaport Beach Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 6/26: Ketchikan: Settler’s Cove Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 6/24: Skagway: Nahku Beach Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 6/16: Skagway: Nahku Beach Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 6/10: Haines: Viking Cove Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 6/10: Sitka: Starrigavan North Advisory in Place for butter clams only
    • 6/10: Hydaburg: Hydaburg Beach Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 5/29: Kake: Culture Camp Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 5/29: Ketchikan: Seaport Beach Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 5/29: Ketchikan: Settler’s Cove Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • 5/22: Haines: Taiyasanka Harbor Advisory in Place for all shellfish
    • https://seator.org/data/ 
  • Knik Tribe’s Paralytic Shellfish Toxin (PST) Results – Toxin Analysis Completed by Alaska Department of Conservation’s Environmental Health Laboratory 
    • 1/2: King Cove, King Cove Lagoon: 81.7 μg/100g PST Butter Clams
    • 2/11: Sand Point, Airport Spit Beach: 108 μg/100g PST Butter Clams
    • https://www.kniktribe.org/ 
  • Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute Shellfish Toxin Testing Program

2023 

  • The Imaging Flow CytoBot on board the Sikuliaq detected high concentrations of Alexandrium around the Bering Strait and St Lawrence Island
    • July 28-29: maximum concentration of 47,000 cells/L

       

  • SEATOR Biotoxin Report for SE Alaska Tribes
    • Blue mussels collected in Juneau on 7/24/2023 = 133 μg/100g
    • Butter clams collected in Ketchikan on 7/21/2023 = 167 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected in Juneau on 7/18/2023 = 118 μg/100g
    • Butter clams collected in Juneau on 7/18/2023 = 121 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected in Juneau on 7/7/2023 = 1684 μg/100g
    • Cockles collected in Juneau on 7/7/2023 = 1369 μg/100g
    • Butter clams collected in Juneau on 7/7/2023 = 526 μg/100g
  • Knik Tribe’s HAB project has detected high values for PSP toxins:
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 7/9/2023 = 621 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 7/3/2023 = 293 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 7/3/2023 = 2,124 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 7/2/2023 = 465 μg/100g
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 6/15/2023 = 3,793 μg/100g 
    • Razor clams collected at Chignik on 6/2/2023 = 311 μg/100g 
    • Blue mussels collected at Sand Point on 5/24/2023 = 286 μg/100g 

 

2022