Algal bloom at Canada Place

[dbeckett]

Anyone cruising to/from Alaska via Canada Place don't be concerned about the 'blood red" water. There is an algal bloom happening now - due in part to the warm temperatures. TV stations say it will only last for a couple of days.

[Pam in CA]

This is also called "Red Tide" and would affect you only if you were a fisherman, planning to swim in the water or drink it, or a bird or mammal. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide

[smslms]

Nobody fishes, swims or drinks the water in Vancouver's Inner Harbour, most likely the same as is the case in any major industrialized port.

[IdahoCruises]

This happens once in a while in the oceans of the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

 

Warnings were put up on beaches and news outlets ran stories.

 

Do not eat and sea life from the affected areas and things will be OK.

[avcruz]

Nobody fishes, swims or drinks the water in Vancouver's Inner Harbour, most likely the same as is the case in any major industrialized port.

 

Really??? Tell that to the pod of Orcas that were seen swimming there about 6 weeks ago... ;)

[Colo Cruiser]

Really??? Tell that to the pod of Orcas that were seen swimming there about 6 weeks ago... ;)

 

 

Were they wearing breathing aparatus?

[Cruise Junky]

Nobody fishes, swims or drinks the water in Vancouver's Inner Harbour, most likely the same as is the case in any major industrialized port.

 

 

You might want to tell that to all the fishermen on the Stanley Park sea wall

 

 

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[smslms]

You might want to tell that to all the fishermen on the Stanley Park sea wall

 

 

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If they eat anything they catch there it's on them. I think there would be a difference in water quality between the Inlet and the Inner Harbour. JMO.

[Langley Cruisers]

You might want to tell that to all the fishermen on the Stanley Park sea wall

 

If you had to choose between that, and eating something caught in the Fraser River.... :eek::D:p

[Cruise Junky]

If you had to choose between that, and eating something caught in the Fraser River.... :eek::D:p

 

Haha. I live on the Fraser

[scottbee]

The red tinge is very visible in this webcam shot

 

[PNW Traveler]

We live in the Pacific Northwest and enjoy boating, fishing, and shellfish (crabbing, clamming and such.) There are "red tides" every year in one area or another. Generally, there will be beach area closures with monitoring of toxin levels until the beaches are again deemed safe for shellfish harvesting. Boaters will still go out fishing even though the beaches are closed. We keep up on current closure info because the summer season can be whimsical on the when and where of "red tides." Many fishermen believe that because the fish are swimming, they are OK to eat even if the tide is "red."

Orcas eat other marine mammals as well as fish. If you see them in the harbor, they are there because fish are plentiful.

The awareness of red tides has increased as monitoring methods have improved. (Probably TMI, but thought some might find this interesting!)