| Event name: | NZ-00-001 | |
| Country: | NEW ZEALAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Monitoring programme by the Ministry of Health) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | RHODES Lesley | |
| Location: | Latitude: -35.566667, Longitude: 173.316667 | |
| General location information: |
Northland, North Island HAB Area code(s): NZ-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Widespread contamination of shellfish around much of the North Island | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2000-05-15, End: 2001-02-01 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium catenatum
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | MacKenzie, L. and T. Beauchamp 2001: Gymnodinium catenatum in New Zealand: a new problem for public health and the shellfish industry. Cawthron Report # 633 10pp. | |
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| Management decision: | Extensive area of the North Island coast were closed to recreational harvesting on several occasions during 2000-2004 | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | This event was the most extensive, and one of the most economically harmful, toxic algae blooms to be documented in New Zealand to date. | ||||||
