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Event Response & Outreach

dolphin mortality

Analytical Response Team

Providing rapid and accurate identification and quantification of marine algal toxins in suspected harmful algal blooms, marine animal mortality events and human poisonings [More]

preparing seafood to be analyzed

Forensics Team

The Marine Forensics Team works to enforce our nation’s wildlife and fisheries laws. The team uses DNA or lipid analyses to identify the species of evidence (fish fillets, trace evidence on knives or spearguns, blood spatter on a boat deck…) in cases where the NOAA Office for Law Enforcement suspects a crime has been committed. Identifying the species involved can lead to either conviction or exoneration of a suspect. Convictions help to enforce laws such as the ESA, MMPA, and MSA, which are designed to protect valuable fisheries stocks and threatened marine species from exploitation. Exoneration of defendants saves the both defendants and the government time, money, and effort expended on needless prosecutions. [More]

PMN volunteer monitors

Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Volunteer network monitoring species composition and distribution of harmful algae and provides educational opportunities and community involvement in coastal stewardship. Observations by volunteer groups assist in the validation of HAB forecasting [PMN Site]

teaching other HAB scientists

Technology Transfer

Providing new technologies, interlaboratory validation studies, and training on identification/detection methods for HAB species and toxins, as requested by regulatory agencies and monitoring programs at the state, national, and international levels, in coordination with governmental (e.g., NOAA/NOS/International Programs Office), non-governmental (e.g., IOC-UNESCO; UN-IAEA), and academic organizations