DCHP-3

red tide

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a micro-orgasm which when ingested by clams and mussels renders them poisonous to man.

Quotations

1958
The name of this plankton is goniolax satapella, known to fishermen as "red tide" because at one stage of its life it turns red.
1965
Police said it was believed they were victims of red tide poisoning that sometimes occurs in shellfish off the coast.
1965
The fisheries department has ordered special closure on clam harvesting in a number of areas still affected by the poisonous red tide that hit the coast last summer.