High PSP level in Sand Point, Alaska

The paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) results for Sand Point, Alaska (butter clams collected 1/5/2015) had PSP toxin levels of 112 micrograms/100 grams.

High PSP in clams

4-30-14 High PSP levels in clams - King Cove, Alaska, USA

High PSP levels in clams near the end of the Aleutian Peninsula, Alaska.

Persistently high levels of PSP recorded in the Shumagin Islands.

11-7-13 High PSP levels in clams - King Cove, Alaska, USA

5-1-13 PSP levels rising - Old Harbor, Alaska, USA

Red-colored seawater in boat harbor.

Since early February, the gulf, and beaches and islands surrounding it, have been in the throes of one of the worst blooms of red tide in recent years.

A winter storm lashed the sandy beaches at the mouth of the Ninilchik River with ferocious waves, powerful enough to uproot thousands of razor clams.