General Information

Event name: IE-03-003
Country: IRELAND
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 0.5 µg/g Whole Flesh. 0.95 µg/g TT of OA, DTX-2 & DTX 3)
Associated syndrome: DSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (National Shellfish Biotoxin Monitoring Programme for Ireland)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: CLARKE, Dave

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Bantry, Kenmare, Dunmanus, SW
HAB Area code(s): IE-04
Additional location information: 53ºN - 51ºS -8ºE -10.5ºW
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: June-September

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Dinophysis acuminata ( cells/L)
Dinophysis acuta (1650 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: Phaeocystits sp., max in Banc Fluich 16500000 cells/l
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
Mytilus edulis Okadaic Acid DTX3 0.52 µg/g LC
Mytilus edulis Okadaic Acid OA eq 0.43 µg/g LC-MS
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information: Positive Bioassays in affected sites with corresponding chemical analysis via LC-MS-MS for DSP toxins. Highest level observed in Castletownbere in August with levels of 0.43µg/g TT of OA+DTX-2 & 0.52µg/g TT of DTX-3.
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information: Positive Bioassays in affected sites with corresponding chemical analysis via LC-MS-MS for DSP toxins. Highest level observed in Castletownbere in August with levels of 0.43µg/g TT of OA+DTX-2 & 0.52µg/g TT of DTX-3
Updated at 07:33 on 17 Oct 2018
Checked at 04:31 on 22 Apr 2013
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