S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Harmful Algal Blooms

Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Winter 2002

This newsletter includes: Volunteers cleaned nearly 15 tons of trash from local waterways. S.C. Sea Grant Consortium extension specialists organized a workshop on harmful algal blooms. The executive director of the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium was named to the Executive Committee of the Board of Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

Inside Sea Grant Newsletter – Summer 2000

This newsletter includes: Dr. Leroy Davis was elected as S.C. Sea Grant board chair. Oyster shell research lead to a new fertilizer enhancer. The Center for Sustainable Living was featured on national television. A new red tide was discovered.

S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Winter 2005

The CDC funded a multi-faceted approach to harmful algal blooms (HABs) in South Carolina, including a system to identify people with a high risk of exposure to potentially harmful algae, real-time remote monitoring, and outreach programs.

S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2004

In 2003, a massive bloom of Heterosigma akashiwo created a red tide phenomenon that extended from inside Bulls Bay to about five miles offshore. About 10,000 dead fish were discovered, but it was not clear whether the deaths were caused by toxicity from the algae, exposure to low salinity waters, or gills clogged by the bloom.

S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Fall 2002

Researchers found that nearly half of 45 stormwater ponds on the South Carolina coast that were tested contained harmful algae in “bloom” proportions. Other efforts to study and monitor harmful algal blooms are also discussed.