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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Heterosigma cells were first noticed at around 70,000 cells/L this morning near Bainbridge Island by American Gold Seafoods staff and by this afternoon a parcel of water with concentrations exceeding 1.3 million cells per liter was flowing through Clam Bay and adjacent waters. Fish are dying and mitigation measures are being conducted. NOAA researchers will be sampling tomorrow morning and there are some neap tides and moderately fair weather occurring that suggest that the bloom may continue and/or spread. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>J.E. Jack Rensel Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4209 234<sup>th</sup> Street N.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arlington WA 98223<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>360-631-6538<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jackrensel@att.net">jackrensel@att.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.aquamodel.org/">www.AquaModel.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://noaa.aquamodel.net/index.html">http://noaa.aquamodel.net/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>