In 2025, marine wildlife were affected by a severe Domoic Acid Toxicity and Alexandrium bloom across the Southern California Coastline. Our Marine Mammal Team at California Wildlife Center worked long, physically demanding hours responding to animals on the beach and providing intensive care at our hospital— all during the busiest months of the year. 🌊 What is Domoic Acid? Domoic acid is a naturally occurring neurotoxin produced during harmful algal blooms. Fish consume the toxin, and when mari

Thank you to CNBC for sharing our crucial domoic acid work! We are seeing positive signs that the bloom is decreasing in size and intensity. We have seen a steep decline in the number of animals stranding in Los Angeles County and our partners in Santa Barbara, Orange County and San Diego are seeing experiencing the same. We still need your help to rehabilitate the 100 patients we have in our care! Please continue donating at marinemammalcare.org/donate and sharing our messaging. | Marine Mammal

✨ Good News ✨ As of last week, our rescues have started to slow down significantly from the height of the domoic acid crisis. The last three months have been some of the hardest to date for local stranding networks along our coast. In March, PMMC responded to a total of 125 pinnipeds and cetaceans suffering from domoic acid toxicosis, alive and dead. In April, a staggering 134 DA animals, breaking all previous bloom records at our center. As of May 28, we’ve responded to 73 DA patients this mont