General Information

Event name: IE-22-003
Country: IRELAND
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: up to 2357 µg/kg stx diHcl equivalents)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (National Monitoring Programme)
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: CLARKE, Dave

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Castlemaine Harbour, SouthWest
HAB Area code(s): IE-04
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2022-06-13
Start: 2022-05-16, End: 2022-08-08
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2022-06-13, End: 2022-07-11
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium spp. (40,080 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
M.edulis Saxitoxins STX eq 2357 µgSTXdiHCleq/kg LC-FD
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Created at 05:58 on 8 Mar 2023
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