Overview

• Laboratory tests detected Prorocentrum lima and Pyrodinium bahamense at concentrations above permitted health limits along the Yucatán coast
• An interinstitutional committee imposed a sanitary ban up to 40 kilometers offshore and prohibited bathing in affected waters
• Hundreds of dead fish and other marine species washed ashore in Chelem, Chuburná and Progreso, underscoring acute environmental impacts
• Tourism providers and fishermen suspended operations and condemned catches as unusable, resulting in immediate income losses
• Cinvestav scientists and response brigades are maintaining nonstop sampling to monitor the bloom’s spread and investigate nutrient pollution sources