| Event name: | AU-10-002 | |
| Country: | AUSTRALIA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (NSW Food Authority) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | Hallegraeff Gustaaf | |
| Location: | Latitude: -36.211111, Longitude: 150.118889 | |
| General location information: |
Wagonga Inlet, NSW HAB Area code(s): AU-25 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2010-04-01, End: 2010-08-15 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata (Hasle) Hasle 1993
(6 000 000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Farrell et al., 2014. Proceedings of the 16th ICHA conference. | |
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| Economic losses: | 1M AUD loss | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | 18 weeks of shellfish farm closure | |||||||||||
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