Algae Blooms and HABs are a local and global problem. (examples of business and environment costa)
$97.5 million crab landings $40 million in lost tourism $10 million property value 277 manatee deaths $58 million lost fishing expenditures $10.3 million drop in oyster landings 2,000 square miles covered by a toxic $235-470 million loss to local business $9 million in fisheries $50 million in lost income $785,000 in red tide clean-up $4.4 million in emergency room $96 million in lost consumer surplus and fish kills $25.4 million in total economic impact to County
$4.1 million (restaurant) and $5.4 million (lodging) in monthly reduced revenues $48.8 million loss of revenue and 48 people 34 million fish killed, valued at $14 million – increase raised the status of CFP to an acute and chronic illness with major public health significance $71 million in estimated losses to tourism $107 million in estimated losses to tourism $20.42 full season tourism spending $81million in lost seafood sales
Harmful algal blooms are a major environmental problem in all 50 states.
Red tides, blue-green algae, and cyanobacteria are examples of harmful a algal blooms that can have severe impacts on human health, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy. Algal blooms can be toxic. Keep people and pets away from water that is green, scummy or smells bad. EPA
About half of US water ‘too polluted’ for swimming, fishing or drinking, report finds
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/600070-about-half-of-us-water-too-polluted-for-swimming/
The High Cost of Algae Blooms in U.S. Waters: More than $1 billion in 10 years (ewg.org)
https://www.ewg.org/research/high-cost-of-algae-blooms/
Hitting US Where it Hurts – The Untold Story of Harmful Algal Blooms
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/science-data/hitting-us-where-it-hurts-untold-story-harmful-algal-blooms
Toxic Algae Blooms: What You Should Know
https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2019/05/toxic-algae-blooms-what-you-should-know
Stopping algae blooms may start on farmlands
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/algae-blooms-farmland-new-wave-1.5071577
Researchers search for clues to toxic algae blooms
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/17/researchers-search-for-clues-to-toxic-algae-blooms
Toxic Algae Blooms in Massachusetts – video
The Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/08/28/harmful-algal-blooms-florida/? a.tracking.id=19HPXGJAXX&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzrPjgNun4QIVVJ7ACh1u7wosEAAYASAAEgKLffD_BwE
As Climate Warms, Algae Blooms In Drinking Water Supplies
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/03/641606668/as-climate-warms-algae-blooms-in-drinking-water-supplies
What is a red tide?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html
https://news.algaeworld.org/2019/09/naa-workshop-whats-the-best-way-to-rid-america-of-toxic-algae/ states