By Margaret Friedenauer
Scientists investigating the link between paralytic shellfish poisoning levels in mussels and one of their predators, Dungeness crab, have found high levels of the potentially lethal toxin in both species sampled from the Haines area.
PSP is a potentially fatal, neuroparalytic condition caused by a marine toxin produced by specific algae that accumulates in bivalve mollusks, like clams and mussels, according to the State Department of Epidemiology. PSP can cause a range…
