This is from the olympics... same sea....
"Water quality has been a concern for the sailing events, given that many coastal Chinese cities dump untreated sewage into the sea. At the same time, rivers and tributaries emptying into coastal waters are often contaminated with high levels of nitrates from agricultural and industrial runoff. These nitrates contribute to the red tides of algae that often bloom along sections of China's coastline.
But officials in Qingdao said pollution and poor water quality did not have a "substantial link" to the current outbreak, according to Xinhua. Instead, scientists blamed the bloom on increased rainfall and warmer waters in the Yellow Sea. Algae are now blooming over more than 12,900 square kilometers, or 5,000 square miles, of the sea, according to Xinhua."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/asia/30iht-china.4.14105006.htmlyeah the rainfall and warm water creates a heck of alot of algae here... that's prolly what's wrong with st.mary's... where did we go wrong thinking it was the waste run off from agricuture?!?!