| Event name: | GB-01-008 | |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 20 - 70 µg DA/g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Food Standards Agency, Scotland biotoxin monitorinfg programme) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (See report for this region for previous years) | |
| Individuals to contact: | BRESNAN, Eileen , TURRELL, Elizabeth | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
South West, West, North coasts and Orkney, Scotland HAB Area code(s): GB-15 GB-16 GB-17 GB-18 GB-19 GB-20 |
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| Additional location information: | This data comes from the offshore Scallop fishing grounds from the west, north and Orkney waters. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2001-06-16 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2001-06-16, End: 2002-08-08 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(573340 cells/L)
sample from Orkney 2001-09-11 |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Additional information: | HPLC method used | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Multiple offshore fishing areas closed for extended periods. | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | Fishing areas closed until two successive negative samples were obtained | |||||||||||
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