Red tide mirrors ruinous '05 event

                   
capecodonline.com     May 17, 2008            

Scientists worry that this spring's red tide bloom is in lockstep with the historic toxic algae outbreak of 2005, even down to the timing and location of shellfish area closures. On Thursday, the state Division of Marine Fisheries closed the area around Cape Ann from the New Hampshire state line... [read full story]                    

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Red tide algae arrives

bostonherald.com     May 16, 2008          

By Associated Press Friday, May 16, 2008 - Added 4m ago GLOUCESTER - The state has closed shellfish beds on the North Shore of Massachusetts following the expected arrival of red tide. The Division of Marine Fisheries ordered a halt to shellfish harvesting Thursday after tests conducted from...                    

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Red Tide Algae Arrives On Mass. Coast

cbs4boston.com     May 16, 2008          

GLOUCESTER (AP) ― The state has closed shellfish beds on the North Shore of Massachusetts following the expected arrival of red tide. Â The Division of Marine Fisheries ordered a halt to shellfish harvesting Thursday after tests conducted from Newburyport to Gloucester revealed the presence of...                    

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Red tide algae extends through Mass.

capecodonline.com     May 16, 2008          

By ASSOCIATED PRESS and CAPE COD TIMES The state has closed shellfish beds on the North Shore of Massachusetts following the expected arrival of red tide, while beds in Nauset estuary system have already been closed. The Division of Marine Fisheries ordered a halt to shellfish harvesting Thursday...                    

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Red tide algae arrives in Mass.

whdh.com     May 16, 2008          

GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- The state has closed shellfish beds on the North Shore of Massachusetts following the expected arrival of red tide. The Division of Marine Fisheries ordered a halt to shellfish harvesting Thursday after tests conducted from Newburyport to Gloucester revealed the presence of...                    

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Red tide algae closes beds of shellfish in Bay State

bostonherald.com     May 17, 2008          

By Donna Goodison Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Added 1h ago Red tide algae blooms have forced the closure of Massachusetts shellfish beds from the New Hampshire border to the Gloucester/Manchester-by-the-Sea line, putting clam diggers out of work. And for full-time diggers such as Mike Matheson of...                    

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Brown Tide Algae Reappear in Great South Bay

redorbit.com     May 18, 2008          

Posted on: Sunday, 18 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By Jennifer Smith, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. May 18--Brown tide, the algae that triggered the collapse of Long Island's scallop fishery, has reappeared in the Great South Bay for the first time since 2001 and spread farther west than ever before. The...                    

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