General Information

Event name: US-16-015
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: Maximum levels of PSP toxin: 98-518µg. Maximum levels of DSP toxin: 21-35µg.)
Associated syndrome: DSP , PSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): PSP toxin: Blue mussels, manila clams, littleneck clams, pacific oysters, geoduck clams. DSP toxin: Blue mussels, geoduck clams.
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Marine Biotoxin Program at the Washington State Department of Health, Office of Environmental and Health and Safety.)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (PSP closures have occurred in the Strait of Juan de Fuca previously. The first DSP in the Strait of Juan de Fuca was in 2011, in Sequim Bay.)
Individuals to contact: BORCHERT, Jerry

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Washington State, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Olympic Peninsula, Pacific Northwest
HAB Area code(s): US-24
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2016-05-09, End: 2016-10-26
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: PSP: 5/9/16-10/26/16 DSP: 6/9/16-9/29/16

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium catenella ( cells/L)
Dinophysis spp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Geoduck Clams Saxitoxins 447µg Bioassay-Mouse
Blue Mussels Saxitoxins 518µg Bioassay-Mouse
Manila Clams Saxitoxins 98µg Bioassay-Mouse
Littleneck Clams Saxitoxins 163µg Bioassay-Mouse
Pacific Oysters Saxitoxins 111µg Bioassay-Mouse
blue mussels Okadaic Acid 35µg LC-MS
geoduck clams Okadaic Acid 21µg LC-MS
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
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Created at 10:56 on 27 Feb 2017
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