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Environment
Abe Maddison, Kat Wong and Sebastian Tan

Call for help with big algal bloom choking coastal life

Fisheries, acquaculture and tourism have been impacted by a months-long algal bloom. (HANDOUT/GREAT SOUTHERN REEF FOUNDATION)

Calls are growing for immediate federal support and intervention in SA's algae crisis, as fishing and tourism industries struggle with the impact of a months-long bloom with no end in sight.

The naturally occurring algal bloom has killed tens of thousands of marine animals of almost 400 species and caused widespread disruption to commercial fisheries and aquaculture since being identified off the Fleurieu Peninsula in March.

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