Dead Marine Mammals Linked to Algal Bloom in SA

0:00Hey, it's Cory with Sydney News today, your city, your news, every day. Dead marine mammals are washing up on beaches north of Port Lincoln in South Australia. In recent weeks, local spotted an adult dolphin and an adult seal on the same 6-kilometer stretch of sand at Lauff Bay. Resident Linda Davies, who has checked that beach for 50 years, reported the carcasses to the department for environment and water. She returned three days later to find them still rotting with heavy foam around them, but officials said they were too decomposed for testing, or removal. Meanwhile, the department confirmed other reports, like a dead seal near Poonindi, on February 26, and a dolphin south of Lauff Bay on March. First, Rangers checked but could not collect them due to decomposition, and one carcass had washed back to sea. Locals linked the death to an algal bloom hitting the coast since last year. This in scientists Wendy Lambert saw orange, mucky foam near North Shields in early February,

1:00along with a dead dolphin and fairy penguin, and she felt. Sick with headaches during it, officials are monitoring the blooms effects, and say the environment may recover, though some species could be lost. They asked people to report sick or dead wildlife to the emergency animal disease hotline at 1-8 or 6-75-888, or fish. As to fish watch at 1-806-5522, the Daily News Now is grateful to our sponsor for today's episode. Come for it you can hear, sound you can relax into, S-O-L-I-SoliPillow.com.