Event name: | CA-08-072 | |
Country: | CANADA | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
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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