| Event name: | GB-99-005 | |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: up to 294 µg DA/g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FRS Marine Laboratory Aberdeen Shellfish Hygiene monitoring programme.) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | BRESNAN, Eileen | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
West, East Scotland, Orkney, Scotland HAB Area code(s): GB-16 GB-17 GB-18 GB-19 GB-20 GB-22 |
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| Additional location information: | This bloom impacted mulitple regions around the scottish coast. DA levels exceeded the regulatory limits mainly in P. maximus but also in Chlamys opercularis. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1999-07-07, End: 2000-03-11 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(200,000 cells/L)
This is the maximum number recorded at one site in this region. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | These three species are from different areas in this widespread bloom | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Widespread closures enforced in offshore scallop areas for extended periods of time causing widespread impacts on Scallop fishing community | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | See Bresnan et al. (2017) Harmful algae to show very slow depuration rates of DA from Scallop gonads. | |||||||||||||||||||||
