Harmful Algal Information System: Event FR-92-020

General Information

Event name:	FR-92-020
Country:	FRANCE
Nature of the harmful event:	Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected:	Yes
Associated syndrome:	DSP
Unexplained toxicity:	No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	Yes
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (Yeu: 1988 (200 cells/L); 1990 (2 100); 1991 (700).)
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Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Yeu island, Olonne coast., From Loire Estuary to Gironde Estuary. HAB Area code(s): FR-09
Additional location information:	Area 5.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:	July (yeu island) then November to early December (Yeu and Olonne Coast).

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Dinophysis acuta ( cells/L) Dominant species. Dinophysis spp. (580 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Growth:

Advected

Growth Comments

Probably advected population.

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Species containing the toxin

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Additional information:

DSP toxicity above safety levels.

Economic losses:

Management decision:

Ban of shellfish marketing from July 2 to july 30 (Yeu island) fron November 25 to Decenber 12 (Yeu and Olonne coast).

Additional harmful effect information:

Updated at 12:39 on 2 Dec 2019