Be careful with seafood from Pacific along North American Coast

I'm not saying do not eat it, but I am choosing not to. FDA has been gutted so an official warning may not come from them IF (and I stress IF) there is an issue.

Domoic Acid is confirmed to be the cause of whale deaths in SoCal.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/domoic-acid-confirmed-as-cause-of-death-in-long-beach-huntington-beach-whales/

Domoic Acid *might* be the culprit behind brown Pelican deaths in Oregon.

https://katu.com/news/local/odfw-investigates-mysterious-deaths-of-brown-pelicans-along-oregon-coast#

This neurotoxin is the natural biproduct of a particular type of algae and can be at dangerous levels when it blooms. It doesn't effect most fish and crustaceans but then mammals and birds that eat those fish and crustaceans exposed to it can get sick or die.

Hopefully this isn't a widespread problem.