The Leaking Vase Story - The beginning

 

 

 

 

 

Healthy and happy Pacific Northwest Pisater ochraceus at the Seattle Aquarium
photo credit : Nancy Gosen and Octavian Slimp

When the strange phenomena, the Wasting Disease, truly began, is for the sea stars themselves to translate into human terms.

 

Sick sea stars found at Dabob Bay, June 2014
photo credit: Andries Breedt



 

Human observations of its symptoms-- discoloration, disintegration, and limbs that would simply walk away from the dissolving body—appeared in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest.

 

Update on Sea Star Wasting Disease