00:02Casting a line off the Port Hughes jetty is a beloved pastime for many.
00:07But since the algae hit, there's been less on the bite.
00:10I've been here on the York Peninsula for about six weeks.
00:13Not seen any squid, not seen anybody catch one.
00:16I'm here chasing some crabs and squid.
00:17I've managed to pick up five crabs, haven't seen a squid.
00:20Tried me into bay jetty yesterday, there was nothing down there.
00:23The crabs are starting to recover already.
00:25People are still catching them here, but very few.
00:30Under the surface, the algal bloom's taken a toll.
00:33It's just looking quite tired and sad and a shell of what this place used to look like.
00:40Marine biologist Stefan Andrews has been closely documenting the change
00:44since the bloom reached the region in late March.
00:47Even at small levels of those harmful algal species being present,
00:53how much damage actually still has been able to occur.
00:57It's been more than a year since the algal bloom was first reported in South Australia.
01:02The state government says the vast majority of the coastline
01:06is now recording low or zero levels of Karenia in the latest water sampling,
01:11including on the York Peninsula.
01:13For local businesses, the concerns over the bloom were felt
01:17long before the algae ever reached their shores.
01:20We had no sign of it here and people would ring up, cancel their bookings
01:24or say they're not coming up due to the fact the algae bloom's here
01:27and it looked, yeah it was beautiful out there.
01:29But for many, the road ahead is uncharted territory.
01:33It's impossible to put a timeframe on recovery at this stage
01:37and to say that, you know, the bloom is over is a naive way of putting it.
01:45All right.
01:46Here we go.
01:46Let's talk to GF it.
01:47I'm here.
01:47So over here, we have Suga and Suga are there.
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