| Event name: | IE-94-001 | |
| Country: | IRELAND | |
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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: 170 µg OA/ 100 g & 1,350 µg DTX-2/ 100 g) | |
| 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 (This was the first occasion that DSP toxicity persisted through the winter month in Ireland.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | CLARKE, Dave | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
, HAB Area code(s): IE-05 IE-06 IE-07 IE-08 |
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| Additional location information: | With the exception of samples of Cork Harbour, DSP toxins were detected in samples from all other areas tested (Figure 1, Complementary Information form) | |
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| Additional date-related information: | The length of the closure period varied but in the southwest region closures were in place for up to 10 months, from May 1994 to February 1995. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
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Dinophysis acuta ( cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Additional information: | Some seasonal variation was observed with Okadaic acid begin the dominant toxin in the early part of the season (May-mid August) and DTX-2 begin dominant thereafter. | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Losses in the industry in the sothwest of the country resulting from contamination of shellfish with DSP toxins have been estimated in 1.2 million of pounds. | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | With the exception of samples of Cork Harbour, DSP toxins were detected in samples from all other areas tested and closures of the areas were put in place. The length of the closure period varied but in the southwest region closures were in place for up t | ||||||||||||||||
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