The Harmful Algal Bloom Network released preliminary results on Sept. 12 from their toxin testing of Kachemak Bay shellfish. Blue mussels gathered from Homer Harbor on Aug. 28 tested below the regulatory limit for paralytic shellfish toxins at ≤ 34 μg/100g. However, blue mussels collected from Homer Harbor on Sept. 4 tested at over double the regulatory limit of 80μg/100g, at 179μg/100g. Blue mussels from Gull Island were also over the limit, testing at 89μg/100g. Test results for levels of domoic acid, which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning, are still awaiting release.

The test results came after the State of Alaska Department of Health and Alaska Division of Public Health issued a PSP alert for Kachemak Bay on Sept. 9.

All harvesting of wild shellfish in the state of Alaska is co

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