| Event name: | NO-09-015 | |
| Country: | NORWAY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 8648-469µg STX/kg) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mytilus edulis | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Norwegian Food Safety Autority monitoring program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | ||
| Individuals to contact: | Kleiven, Mona Ring | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Norwegian Sea, South, HAB Area code(s): NO-06 |
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| Additional location information: | Hegreholmen(W13-30), Cap Clara(W14-23), Kvernan(W16-32), Hattholmen(W17-25), Kvitneset(W21-25) | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2009-03-23, End: 2009-08-03 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium tamarense
(680 cells/L)
Kvernan, W29 Alexandrium spp. (720 cells/L) Hegreholmen, W22 |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(1560 cells/L)
Kvernan, W32 |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth Comments | Sampling aprox 0-3 meters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Harvesting was locally banned. The public was warned against picking toxic mussels. | |||||||||||
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