| Event name: | CA-04-010 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 317 STX eq/100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
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| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (CFIA Biotoxin Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Last closed June 29 to August 3, 2000, due to PSP toxins (GTN-2000-01).) | |
| Individuals to contact: | BATES, Stephen S. , GAUVIN, Jean | |
| Location: | Latitude: 47.033333, Longitude: -65.016667 | |
| General location information: |
Miramichi River Estuary, Gulf Region HAB Area code(s): CA-11 |
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| Additional location information: | The following URLs give the detailed location and other specifics about the closure: http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/cp-cp/ord-ord/po-oi/gt04001-e.html | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2004-06-20, End: 2004-07-22 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Likely to be Alexandrium tamarense, but this species was not present in five samples collected on June 28, eight days after the PSP toxins wre first detected. | |
| Event-related bibliography: | The following reference documents PSP toxins, for the first time, in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (including Miramichi Bay, New Brunswick) during 1988: Worms, J., N. Bouchard, R. Cormier, K.E. Pauley, and J.C. Smith. 1993. New occurrences of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, p. 353-358. In: T.J. Smayda and Y. Shimizu [ed.] Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam. | |
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