| Event name: | US-11-005 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 9210 µg PSP/kg) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | PSP -blue mussels, California mussels, manila clams, butter clams, varnish clams. ASP - blue mussels. DSP - blue mussels & manila clams | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (WA Dept. of Health, Office of Shellfish & Water Protection, Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Most of the inlets of N. Puget Sound have had previous PSP closures. Penn Cove and Holmes Harbor had ASP blooms in 2005. ASP toxin did not reach the action level of 20 ppm in 2011. DSP toxin was detected for the first time in 2011. There were no DSP closures in N. Puget Sound because the toxin levels were below the action level of 16 µm.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | COX, Frank | |
| Location: | Latitude: 48.983056, Longitude: -122.766667 | |
| General location information: |
Washington state, North Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest HAB Area code(s): US-24 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2011-05-10 Start: 2011-05-10, End: 2011-11-09 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis sp.
( cells/L)
Pseudo-nitzschia sp. ( cells/L) Alexandrium catenella ( cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Economic losses: | Recreational and commercial shellfish harvest seasons were interrupted, causing an economic loss to the North Puget Sound Washington communities | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | DOH closed shellfish harvesting at impacted areas to protect public health | |||||||||||||||||||||
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