EventThe 2022 Alexandrium bloom released saxitoxin into tomcod and clams in the Northern Bering Sea, spurring local students, tribal groups, and NOAA to launch an ECOHAB program in 2025 to track toxins and protect Arctic subsistence foods amid warming‑driven bloom risks.
The 2022 Alexandrium bloom in the Northern Bering Sea released saxitoxin that now appears in tomcod and clams, prompting students, tribal groups, and NOAA to launch an ECOHAB program to protect Arctic subsistence foods.
A 2022 bloom of toxic Alexandrium algae in the Northern Bering Sea has led to low‑level saxitoxin in local fish, alarmed Indigenous subsistence hunters, and spurred a NOAA‑led, tribe‑partnered monitoring program.
