Harmful Algal Information System: Event NO-14-047

General Information

Event name:	NO-14-047
Country:	NORWAY
Nature of the harmful event:	Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:	Shellfish
Toxicity detected:	Yes (Approximate range: 560-3416 痢/kg)
Associated syndrome:	DSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):	Mytilus edulis
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	Yes (Norwegian Food Safety Autority monitoring program)
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes
Individuals to contact:	Kleiven, Mona Ring

Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Norwegian Sea, South, Rundhaugen, Inder鼜 HAB Area code(s): NO-06
Additional location information:	W26:335痢/kg,W30:198痢/kg,W34:2282痢/kg,W38:3026痢/kg,W42:3692痢/kg,W45:3416痢/kg,W50:2752痢/kg
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 2014-04-21, End: 2014-12-31
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Dinophysis acuta (4000 cells/L) W39 Alexandrium spp. (280 cells/L) Week 18 Dinophysis acuminata (400 cells/L) W22
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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Growth Comments

Additional Environmental information:

Species containing the toxin	Toxin type	Toxin details	Max. concentration	Assay type
Mytilus edulis	Okadaic Acid	OA	3416痢/kg	Not Available

Kit used: No

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Additional information:

Economic losses:

Harvesting was locally banned. The public was warned against picking toxic mussels.

Management decision:

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Created at 02:26 on 8 Jan 2015
Updated at 08:59 on 13 Jan 2015