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Bravo Mother Ocean … bravo By Heather McRea | This week in Coast Lines: So many amazing images and videos have been shared of the bioluminescent waves created by the lingering red tide. Plus, lifeguards are bummed they won't be able to train the next generation as the coronavirus cancels many summer programs, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center is celebrating a key hire that should grow its notoriety for research. Here’s what’s happening along the Southern California coast. | | It was so amazing, not ready for the bioluminescence to go The red tide has dissipated, the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra no longer creating their nightly electric light show. For a month – longer than we've enjoyed in nearly a decade – the phytoplankton created a rare phenomenon causing the ocean water to glow an ethereal neon blue when disturbed. Missed it? A lot of us did, but thanks to these photographers we can all wonder at Mother Ocean at work. Read the story. | Dang coronavirus, this too? Several local agencies have canceled their Junior Lifeguard programs for the summer, a rite of passage for beach kids. There are a few still looking at how they might pull off a socially distanced training. This is a 90-plus year tradition for the Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguards that everyone looks forward to each year. “It’s difficult. The junior lifeguard programs are some of the more fun aspects of our job,” said Pono Barnes, the agency's spokesman. “It’s a bummer to see it’s not going to happen this summer.” Read the story. | | Big hire for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center Dr. Hendrik Nollens has cared for animals at SeaWorld and helped the Navy with its marine research. Now Nollens will hopefully help the PMMC in Laguna Beach take all its knowledge gleaned from rescuing hundreds of stranded seals and other marine mammals and begin making more of an impact on research. “We’ve long coveted contributing to the broader marine mammal science and conservation communities," Peter Chang, the rescue center’s director and CEO, said of Nollens’ hiring. "We now have the opportunity to do so.” Read the story. | What else? Seal Beach will now open its beaches on weekends, bringing it in line with the rest of the Southern California coast now available daily for active recreational use. Read the story. The $1 billion deal to build the proposed Poseidon desalination plant for Huntington Beach is nearing a finish, but the permitting agency raises questions about need, cost and environmental issues. Read the story. A rare pygmy sperm whale washed up at San Onofre State Beach and researchers are jumping at the chance to learn more about the species with big bulbous heads and dagger teeth. Read the story. | | Remember when? A 183-pound bluefin tuna hooked off the Catalina coast in 1898 with a rod and reel and light tackle showed big-game anglers a more sporting way to fish. Read the story. |
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