61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia's algal bloom

Experts say data reported by beachgoers is 'hugely useful' after a slow official response to disasterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSixty-one leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks, 1,999 southern fiddler rays and 287 bluespotted goatfish make up a fraction of the dead washed up on South Australian beaches in the past months.Since the algal bloom hit SA, hundreds of citizen scientists have come together to create what has become one of the main sources of data on the disaster. Continue reading...