The animals appear to be suffering from exposure to a neurotoxin produced by algal blooms that accumulates in fish the sea lions eat.

The California Wildlife Center received more than a dozen calls about sick sea lions in Malibu over four days.

MALIBU — An outbreak of domoic acid is sickening sea lions in the waters off Malibu, according to wildlife officials. Workers at the California Wildlife Center responded to at least 14 calls for sea lions in distress over a four-day period, the center said in a Facebook post on Saturday.