| Event name: | NO-15-002 | |
| Country: | NORWAY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 1016-448 µg STX/kg) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| 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: |
Skagerrak, HAB Area code(s): NO-11 |
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| Additional location information: | Larvik(PSP:448 µg STX/kg w17),Risør (PSP w18),Arendal(PSP:1016 µg STX/kg w18). | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2015-04-20, End: 2015-05-04 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(8040 cells/L)
Larvik w17 Dinophysis acuminata (1120 cells/L) Arendal w 17 |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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| Additional Environmental information: | Sampling aprox 0-3 meters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
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| Additional harmful effect information: | Harvesting was locally banned. The public was warned against picking toxic mussels. | |||||||||||
