EWN

Department of Fisheries monitoring red tide on West Coast

Last week, the DFFE warned against consuming white mussels, whelks, and other shellfish at St Helena Bay and Elandsbaai.
TimesLIVE

Red tide causes shellfish washouts on west coast; dead fish in Mossel Bay due to sewerage

The public is cautioned not to eat white mussel, whelks and other shellfish washed out at St Helena Bay and Elandsbaai on the ...

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ...
Sunday World

‘It’s too toxic’: department warns public to avoid West Coast shellfish‘It’s too toxic’: department warns public to avoid...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has sounded the alarm after a wave of dead shellfish washed up along parts ...

Public warned against consuming shellfish after harmful algal bloom detected on the West Coast

Authorities have issued a warning against consuming shellfish along the West Coast due to a harmful algal bloom, known as red ...

Red tide hits the Cape West Coast

Red tides are common along the West Coast during summer and autumn. In this case, the bloom is colourless and therefore not visible to the naked eye, but it produces paralytic shellfish poisoning ...
Cape Town ETC

Health warning: West Coast public urged to avoid toxic shellfish washed ashore

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has issued a stern warning to the public following the ...