HABreports: Online Early Warning of Harmful Algal and Biotoxin Risk for the Scottish Shellfish and Finfish Aquaculture Industries

• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.631732
• Publication Date: 2021-04-09T07:27:54Z
• Authors: Keith Davidson; Callum Whyte; Dmitry Aleynik; Andrew Dale; Steven Gontarek; Andrey A. Kurekin; Sharon McNeill; Peter I. Miller; Marie Porter; Rachel Saxon; Sarah Swan
• Keywords: Early warning system

We present an on-line early warning system that is operational in Scottish coastal waters to minimize the risk humans and aquaculture businesses terms of human health economic impacts harmful algal blooms (HABs) their associated biotoxins. The includes both map time-series based visualization tools. A “traffic light” index approach used highlight locations at elevated HAB/biotoxin risk. High resolution mathematical modelling cell advection, combination with satellite remote sensing, provides HABs advect from offshore coast. Expert interpretation HAB, biotoxin environmental data light recent historical trends provide, on a weekly basis, forecast biotoxins allow mitigation measures be put place by businesses, should HAB event imminent.