General Information

Event name: CA-05-062
Country: CANADA
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 0.06ugPTX-2/g)
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Monitoring Program of Toxic and Harmful Algae)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (Detection of Pectenotoxins (PTX) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence since 2002 by CFIA)
Individuals to contact: BONNEAU, Esther , SAUVÉ, Gilbert , STARR, Michel

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 48.835556, Longitude: -64.413889
General location information: Gaspe, Quebec Region
HAB Area code(s): CA-09
Additional location information: Q-9; 100km vicinity of Penouille; Commercial mussel cultivation(Baie de Gaspe
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2005-07-18
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus:
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 18.5 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): 3.5 Salinity: 23.9 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: NITRATE: 0.1
PHOSPHATE: 0.4
SILICATE: 10.1
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: no closures
Additional harmful effect information: found in Mytilus edulis
Updated at 02:21 on 27 Sep 2018
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