As some of you know, I have been following the tragic and mysterious story of wasting sea stars from the beginning.
When it hit our local waters around Whidbey Island, I joined many other citizen scientist in providing sighting and information to scientists involved in trying to find the cause of this in its scale unprecedented die off. After lots of research it
it was thought that densovirus was the culprit. However, after more testing and observation, that did not explain some of the issues, so the search for answer continued. The new findings shined new light onto the causes.
On resent dives I see resurgence in the wasting of many sea stars and so the issue is unfortunately still IMHO a hot one.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Langley-Tire-Reef/i-9tdQS37/0/39276831/XL/9.24.20%20Mottled%20early%20stage%20waste-XL.jpg)