| Event name: | NL-02-002 | |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Monitoring Shellfish Quality Netherlands) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | POELMAN, Marnix | |
| Location: | Latitude: 53.350556, Longitude: 5.235278 | |
| General location information: |
Waddenzee, Oosterom HAB Area code(s): NL-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Bloom covered approx. 3000 km2 ICES fishing area: IV c. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2002-08-12, End: 2002-10-28 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2002-11-04, End: 2002-12-19 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(400 cells/L)
Toxin appearance after bloom disappearance. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | "Bloom" remained after severe storm. Toxin was detected 2 weeks after appearance D. acuminata. Toxin thresholds were exceeded 12 weeks after appearance bloom and 1 week after disappearance bloom. | |
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| Additional information: | Positieve animal assay | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | The industry was shut down till the toxins disappeared. | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Closure. | ||||||||||||||||
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