| Event name: | CA-04-001 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Aquaculture Fish , Shellfish , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 4000 µg STX equiv./100g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mussels | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Phytoplankton monitoring in the western Fundy Isles in the Bay of Fundy.) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (PSP detected annually since 1943.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MARTIN, Jennifer | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Northwestern Bay of Fundy, Scotia Fundy Region HAB Area code(s): CA-22 |
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| Additional location information: | Wolves | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2004-08-03 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2004-05-17, | |
| Additional date-related information: | Some shellfish beds remained closed to harvesting through December.Alexandrium cells present in low numbers in May-June ; with very high concentrations from mid- July to early August | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium fundyense
(319,000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima
(19,200 cells/L)
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima group. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 12.0 °C, Min: 9.9 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 31.6, Min: 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||||||||||||
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| Economic losses: | loss of aquaculture fish, shelfish harvesting areas closed for 6 months; some areas are still closed | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Shellfish harvesting areas closed when toxin values exceeded 80 ug/100g; education/notification through newspapers | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 3 people suffered from PSP intoxication - one person hospitalized for 8 days but has fully recovered. | ||||||||||||||||
