| Event name: | NO-91-002 | |
| Country: | NORWAY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 17,039 ME.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mussels. | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (A few historical records and more or less regular occurrences the recent years, however, the spatial and temporal extent may vary significantly from one year to another.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | TANGEN, Karl , VARRAN, Gesche Torp | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Trondelag., MID-NORWAY. HAB Area code(s): NO-05 |
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| Additional date-related information: | September 91. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium excavatum
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Mainly due in situ growth? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | No information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | Toxins recorded above the action level according to mouse bioassay. Higest recording 17,039 ME. | |||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Harvesting was locally banned. The public was warned against picking toxic mussels. | |||||||||||
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