| Event name: | IE-95-002 | |
| Country: | IRELAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 150 µg OA/ 100 g & 160 µg OA/ 100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (The concentration of toxins measured in shellfish samples was less than measured in 1994.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | CLARKE, Dave | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Killary Habour and Clew Bay and southwest., Southwestern coast. HAB Area code(s): IE-04 IE-06 |
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| Additional location information: | DSP toxins were detected in samples of shellfish from all the main shellfish growing areas in the southwest of the country as well as in Killary Habour and Clew Bay on the west coast (Figure 1, Complementary Information form) | |
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| Additional date-related information: | June-September. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis spp.
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Management decision: | The growing areas from the southwest were closed from June-September. | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | The concentration of toxins measured in shellfish samples was less than measured in 1994. | ||||||||||||||||
