The federal government has pledged $14 million to assist South Australia as it continues to deal with a toxic algal bloom outbreak, but has stopped short of declaring it a national disaster.
In a press conference in Adelaide, Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt described the bloom as "a serious environmental event".
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas welcomed the funding pledge and said the state government would be meeting on Tuesday to make deliberations about additional funding support.
The bloom has been ravaging marine life throughout the state since March, disrupting fishing, aquaculture and tourism industries and threatening fragile coastal ecosystems. It has also seen dead marine life, including dead sharks and stingrays, wash up on metropolitan beaches.