General Information

Event name: IE-99-004
Country: IRELAND
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: DSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Shellfish Toxicity Monitoring Program for Ireland)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: SILKE, Joe , CLARKE, Dave

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 54.610556, Longitude: -8.394167
General location information: Bruckless, McSwynes Bay, North West Ireland.
HAB Area code(s): IE-07
Additional location information: ICES Fishing Area: VI a
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: For all species 2 week closures were imposed on the dates shown below. Mussel samples continuously tested postitive from July - Dec. Bruckless (C.gigas) 20/05/1999; Bruckless (M.edulis) 25/05/1999; 26/07/1999 - 31/12/1999.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus:
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information: Mouse Bioassay ( Yasumoto 1978 ).
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Updated at 03:54 on 24 Apr 2018
Checked at 04:32 on 22 Apr 2013
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