| Event name: | SE-00-001 | |
| Country: | SWEDEN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 100-1400 µg OA eq / g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Water Quality Association of the Bonus Coast, monitoring of toxins in blue mussels) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Yes, more or less annually since 1984.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | KARLSON, Bengt | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Bohus Coast., Skagerrak coast of Sweden. HAB Area code(s): SE-08 |
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| Additional location information: | ICES fishing area: III a. | |
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| Additional date-related information: | Initial date: July 2000. High toxin concentrations were still present 31 Dec. 2000. The similar harmful algal event in 1999 reported by Odd Lindahl continued from July 1999 to March 2000. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuta
(6,000 cells/L)
Toxins in plankton not reported Also D. norwegica (max 7 000) and D. acuminata occurred. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Economic losses: | Not calculated. Harvest of mussels delayed until toxicity declined. | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | Public and media information. Harvesting of mussels banned. | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | For toxin analitical details contact: Ann-Sofi Rehnstam Holm, Dept.of Clinical Bacteriology at the Medical faculty, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10 A, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden, ann-sofi.holm@microbio.gu.se | |||||||||||
