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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Royce Kurmelovs

Mystery pink slime on secluded Tasmanian beach prompts fears of potential algal bloom

Pictured: A vast curtain of salmon-pink sludge stretching across much of Randalls Bay in Tasmania yesterday morning, identified by biologist Dr Lisa Gershwin as an algal bloom
Tasmanian authorities are working to identify a pink slime that appeared along a stretch of Randalls Bay, about 60km south of Hobart, on Friday morning. Photograph: Neighbours of Fish Farming

Tasmanian authorities are working to identify a pink slime that has appeared on a secluded beach, with some scientists concerned it could be an algal bloom.

The pink-tinged sludge appeared along a stretch of Randalls Bay about 60km south of Hobart on Friday morning. A similar sludge has also been recorded on sections of Little Roaring Beach in Tasmania’s D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Little Taylors Bay.

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