Starrigavan beach shows spikes in shellfish toxins
A popular clam digging spot in Sitka is showing sky-high levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s lab honored for strides in shellfish research
For millennia, Native Alaskans have relied on the bounty of the sea to sustain their way of life. But what happens when those same traditional foods are potentially deadly? If you’re in Southeast, you turn to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Environmental Research Lab.
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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning advisory issued for Starrigavan Bay in Sitka
Kari Lanphier manages the Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research lab in Sitka. She says a sample of blue mussels from Starrigavan Bay tested on Tuesday, June 8, showed levels of the PSP toxin above the regulatory limit.
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PSP shellfish advisory for Starrigavan Beach
On Monday (6-5-17), the Sitka Tribe of Alaska's Environmental Research Lab (STAERL) announced they had found elevated levels of toxins at Starrigavan Beach in Sitka. Do not harvest shellfish until further notice.
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New network of tribes expands toxic shellfish testing
A new lab in Sitka tests regularly for shellfish toxins and is now teaching more than a dozen tribes in the region to do the same
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