| Event name: | ES-20-005 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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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: 83 - 173 µg OA/kg) | |
| 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 (not in summer, but in spring) | |
| Individuals to contact: | REVIILLA, Marta , SOLAUN, Oihana | |
| Location: | Latitude: 43.356667, Longitude: -2.448056 | |
| General location information: |
Longline Mendexa, Basque Country HAB Area code(s): ES-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Open marine waters | |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2020-07-13, End: 2020-08-19 | |
| Additional date-related information: | This year maximum toxicity was in May | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: | ||
| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Phalacroma rotundatum (Claparéde & Lachmann) Kofoid & Michener, 1911
(20 cells/L)
10-20 m Dinophysis caudata (20 cells/L) 20 -30 m Phalacroma sp. (60 cells/L) Phalacroma rapa, at 10-20 m |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | Maximum 1.0 in July (at 32 m) µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Very high abundance of D. acuminata and D. acuta observed in spring (see event ES-20-003). Dinophysis acuta and D. tripos were detected in August (20 cells/L) together with very low AO concentration | |
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| Management decision: | The bivalves production zone "Mendexa" was kept closed until September 2020 | |||||||||||
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