A bloom of dinoflagellates can change the water color colloquially known as red tide. Red tide can infect shellfish and cause shellfish poisoning if people eat the bad shellfish. Some symptoms of shellfish poisoning are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Explain how an HAB outbreak can have a devastating economic impact.
There would be a bad impact on Recreation and Tourism, and the fisheries industry. Beaches would be closed for the safety of the tourist, this would impact tourism because since the beach is closed, no tourist could go to the beach, and it would affect the fish industries because they can’t