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General Information

Event name: IE-00-029
Country: IRELAND
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: DSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Shellfish Toxicity Monitoring Program for Ireland.)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: SILKE, Joe , CLARKE, Dave

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 53.600000, Longitude: -9.816667
General location information: Killary Harbour, Galway, West Coast Ireland.
HAB Area code(s): IE-06
Additional location information: Dates of positive results: Killary Harbour (M.edulis) 29/02/2000; 27/03/2000; 26/04/2000; 19/06/2000; 26/07/2000; - 23/10/2000. ICES Fishing Area: VII b
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
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Toxin Assay Information

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Updated at 03:35 on 26 Apr 2018
Checked at 04:32 on 22 Apr 2013
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