| Event name: | US-20-016 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: Razor Clam meat (individual clams), 180 ppm; Dungeness Crab viscera, 46 ppm; California Mussel (Mytilus californicus), 11 ppm) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
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| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (California Department of Public Health - Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | ZUBKOUSKY-WHITE, Vanessa | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Northern California HAB Area code(s): US-21 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2020-02-08, End: 2020-08-19 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Additional information: | Razor clams are known to store/retain domoic acid in their meat tissue at high levels long after associated pseudo-nitzschia blooms have subsided. Mussels and oysters do not store domoic acid in this way and none tested above 11 µg/g (commercial or otherwise) the entire year. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Recreational fishery closure for razor clams was in place for the entire year due to samples frequently testing above the advisory threshold. No commercial shellfish growing areas were closed due to domoic acid all of 2020. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Recreational fishery closure for Razor clams in place the whole year. Domoic acid levels were never high enough in commercial oyster and mussel growing areas to warrant any closures or management decisions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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