Event name: | AU-10-002 | |
Country: | AUSTRALIA | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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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