| Event name: | CA-92-012 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 10,000 µg STXeq /100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Shellfish. | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Earliest recorded for this locale. However, this area typically has unusually early blooms of PSP-toxic phytoplankton, with blooms occurring in late April - early May over the last several years.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | FORBES, J. Roderick | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Upper Strait of Georgia, Pacific Region HAB Area code(s): CA-38 |
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| Additional location information: | Kingcome Inlet | |
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| Additional date-related information: | Mid April. | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
Probably |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Causative species not determined - assumed to be Alexandrium catenella. | |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Most probably 'in situ'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Water temperatures 10.5º C at surface, 8.5º C at 20m. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Affected area closed to harvesting of shellfish. | |||||||||||
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