| Event name: | CA-08-072 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Harmful Algae Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | HAIGH, Nicky | |
| Location: | Latitude: 50.469444, Longitude: -127.879444 | |
| General location information: |
Upper West coast of Vancouver Island, Pacific Region HAB Area code(s): CA-35 |
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| Additional location information: | Quatsino sound; Bloom affected two farm sites | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2008-09-14 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2008-09-13, | |
| Additional date-related information: | Mortalities occurred for about 3 days only, then cell counts reduced | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: | ||
| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Heterosigma akashiwo
(100,00 cells/L)
Heterosigma levels were too low to affect the fish |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | High morality levels of farmed salmon due to Pseudochattonella bloom. wild coho salmon were also see to die in area very close to one of the affected farm sites. | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Monday Rocks farm site; September 14, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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