| Event name: | CA-10-002 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
|
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
|
Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 4 921 STX equiv./100g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Phytoplankton monitoring in the western Fundy Isles in the Bay of Fundy) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (PSP has been detected annually since 1943 in the Fundy region) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MARTIN, Jennifer | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Northwestern Bay of Fundy, Scotia Fundy Region HAB Area code(s): CA-22 |
|
| Additional location information: | ||
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2010-04-13, End: 2010-07-20 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2010-01-11, | |
| Additional date-related information: | area still quarantined as of December 2010 | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium fundyense
(943 000 cells/L)
June 29, 2010 |
|
| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | ||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nutrient information: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 14 °C, Min: 4.7 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 31.76, Min: 30.73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
| Additional information: | ||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | ||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Shellfish harvesting areas were closed when toxin values exceeded 80 ug/100g, notification and education through signage and media | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | ||||||||||||
