General Information

Event name: CA-08-076
Country: CANADA
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 980 ugSTXeq per 100g)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: Langlet, Michael

Location & Date

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General location information: Upper Strait of Georgia, Pacific Region
HAB Area code(s): CA-38
Additional location information: Okeover Inlet
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2008-10-27
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: value of 160ug per 100g on June 18, 2008 and back down below toxic levels on June 23, 2008. Up to 120ug per 100g on Sept 29,2008 and down to 62ug per 100g on Dec. 10,2008

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Mytilus spp. Saxitoxins STX eq 980 Bioassay-Mouse
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Updated at 04:18 on 26 Sep 2013
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