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  "path": "/2026/05/29/algal-toxins-emerge-as-a-new-concern-in-alaskas-northern-bering-sea/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T13:40:35.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy & Environment",
    "Health",
    "Indigenous Affairs",
    "Alexandrium",
    "algal toxins",
    "Bering Strait",
    "climate change",
    "Don Anderson",
    "Emma Pate",
    "Health Connections: Fish Wildlife and People",
    "Health Connections: Fish, Wildlife and People",
    "Kathi Lefebvre",
    "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration",
    "Nome",
    "Nome Eskimo Community",
    "Nome-Beltz High School",
    "subsistence",
    "walruses"
  ],
  "textContent": "For countless generations, people of the Bering Strait region have relied on the food they harvest from the sea without worrying about harmful algal blooms that threaten seafood eaters in warmer and more southern latitudes. Now, as the Northern Bering Sea undergoes cascading effects of a warming climate, algal risks pose a new challenge. The […]",
  "title": "Algal toxins emerge as a new concern in Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea"
}