| Event name: | CA-92-001 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: > 80 µg STXeq / 100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Closures of shellfish harvesting areas due to unacceptable levels of PSP toxins are an annual occurrence in the Bay of Fundy.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MARTIN, Jennifer | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Northwestern Bay of Fundy., Scotia Fundy HAB Area code(s): CA-22 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1992-07-21 |
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| Additional date-related information: | Shellfish harvesting areas were closed at various locations in the Bay of Fundy between May and August. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium fundyense
(20,080 cells/L)
July 21 at Deadmans Harbour. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 12 °C, Min: 6 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Water column mixed inshore and stratified offshore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | Unacceptable levels of PSP toxins were detected in shellfish tissues. Extractions were done at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Inspection Laboratory in Black's Harbour, New Brunswick, and HPLC analyses were carried out at the Inspection Branch laboratory in Halifax, Nova Scotia. | |||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Shellfish harvesting areas were closed to harvesting during the time when levels of PSP toxins greater than 80 µg/100 g in shellfish extracts. The Bay of Fundy is closed to harvesting of blue mussels throughout the year. | |||||||||||
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