(Source : Hua, Z. 1994)
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| 1993 | Coastal water between Taizhou and Shipu, Zhejiang | Noctiluca scintillans Skeletonema costatum | A large number of shellfish died | |
| May-Jun, 1952 | Yellow river estuary | 75 km Long, 20km wide | Noctiluca scintillans | Cod croaker and perch were killed, and no catch in trap nets |
| Autumn,1961 | Coastal water of Pingtan Island, Zhejiang | Trichodesmium sp. | Harm to the shellfish farming, and the yield of shellfish decreased | |
| Aug-Nov, 1972 | Northern area of East China Sea (30-32°N, farther west than 127°E) | 2000 km2 | Trichodesmium sp. | The catch of fish (markerel, scad and other fish) decreased heavily, and food base damaged obviously |
| Aug 8-29, 1977 | Coastal water between west of Dalian Habour and Heshang Island Lianoing | 560 km2 | Prorcentrum Minimum | Fish died and floated on the surface, and no catch of set nets |
| Oct, 1978 | Coastal water between west of Dalian Harbour and Heshang Island, Liaoning | Mesodinium rubrum | Local fisheries were damaged | |
| Sept, 1979 | East coastal water of Fujian | Trichodesmium erythraeum | A vast area of cultivating laver was affected, and the seedlinds died or grew slowly in some areas | |
| May 17-23, 1980 | Zhanjiang Harbour, Guangdong | Leptocylindrus danicus | Fish were killed and floated on the surface, and the yield of fisheries reduced obviously | |
| Sept-Oct, 1981 | Shansha Bay, Fujian | Noctiluca scintillans | Three red tides occurred intervally during that time, cultivating kelp was affected heavily, and oysters died | |
| Aug-Sept, 1982 | Changjiang river estuary (30-30.5°N) | Noctiluca scintillans | The migration of large head hairtail | |
| Apr,1983 | Daya Bay and, Dapeng Bay, Guangdong | Gymnodinium sp. | More than 20 species of fish died, and floated on the surface | |
| Apr,1983 | Daya Bay and, Dapeng Bay, Guangdong | Rhizosolenia alate f. gracillima | Fish, shrimps and shellfish died, 75 tons of fish product was lost, and 1 ton of cage-cultivated fish was devastated | |
| Oct, 1984 | Shansha Bay, Fujian | Noctiluca scintillans | Farming oysters of several hundred hectares were killed | |
| Feb, 1986 | Western area of Shenzhen Bay, Guangdong | Noctiluca scintillans | 50% cultivating oysters died in the vicinity | |
| Jun, 1986 | Western area off Xiamen, Fujian | Gymnodinium sp. | Fish and swimming crab died, some people were ill with abdominal pain and diarrhoea after eating the contaminated swimming crabs | |
| Jun-Jul, 1986 | Changjiang river estuary | ~1000 km2 | Skeletonema costatum | Serious effect on the marine ecosystem |
| Nov 25-27, 1986 | Coastal water of Dongshan, Fujian | Gymnodinium sp. | Shellfish such as Ruditapes philipinenis were contaminated. 136 local residents were poisoned with some symptoms of PSP after eating the shellfish. Amount them, one person died because of respiratory nerve paralysis | |
| Aug, 1987 | Coastal water of Gougi Island, Zhejiang | Wide area | Noctiluca scintillans | Scallop died, all of the cultivated abalones were killed, and some mussels on the reefs were killed |
| Jun-Jul,1988 | Changjiang river estuary | 1400 km2 | Noctiluca scintillans | Marine ecosystem was affected seriously |
| Jan 4, 1988 | Coastal water of between Yantian and Nanao Guangdong | 20km long 39km wide | Noctiluca scintillans | Fish died and floated on the reefs were killed |
| Apr, 1989 | Coastal water of Fuqing, Fujian | Wide area | Noctiluca scintillans | The yield of cultivated shellfish reduced heavy, 11,000 tons of razor clam were killed. More than 10 millions of shrimp seedling died. Thw whole economic loss was more than 30 million yuan. |
| Jul, 1989 | Coastal water of Zhuoshan Island, Zhejiang | 1000 km2 | Fish died | |
| Jul 5-10, 1989 | Coastal water of Dongshan, Fujian | 3 km2 | Most of the cultivated Sinonovacula sp.around were killed. The economic loss was 2.8 million yuan | |
| Jul-Nov,1989 | Changjiang river estuary | Large area | Fish, shellfish and shrimps died, water quality deteriorated. The level of dissolved oxygen in the water was very low | |
| Aug-Oct, 1989 | Coastal water of Bohai Bay | Vast area | Fish, shellfish and shrimps died heavily, especially in cultivating ponds,resulting in great economic hardship to the coastal fishing communities and mariculture loss was about 300 million yuan | |
| Jun, 1990 | Coastal water between Weitou Bay and Quanzhou Bay, Fujian | Cochlodinium sp. | Marine organisms died, including deverfish, moray, oriental spotted boss and black sea bream | |
| Jan 28, 1991 | Xingying harbour, Hainan | >30 km2 | Noctiluca scintillans | Fish, including breeding in nets, and crabs died |
| Feb 4-27, 1991 | Coastal water of Dan County, Hainan | Noctiluca scintillans | Fish and shellfish died | |
| Mar 20-21, 1991 | Coastal water of Yantian, Guangdong | 120000 km2 | Noctiluca scintillans | Fish, including ten thousands of fish seedlings, died and floated on the surface |