| Event name: | US-15-022 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: <0.8 - 5.5 ppm DA in Mytilus edulis) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Maine Department of Marine Resources Shellfish Growing Area Program: Biotoxin Monitoring) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | Siois, Alison | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Western Maine and Eastern Maine, Maine HAB Area code(s): US-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Three regions: Western Maine WME (Rockland, Maine to Kittery, Maine) and Eastern Maine EME (Calais, Maine to Bass Harbor, Maine) between Rockland/ Blue Hill/Stonington areas (PENBAY) | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2015-06-01, End: 2015-09-01 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(>375000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | PenBay area has the most consistent Pseudo-nitzchia blooms during the season whereas WME and EME have intermittent and lower cells/L overall | |
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| Additional information: | High Performance Liquid Chromotography Post Column Oxidation (HPLC PCOX) used for saxitoxin detection and HPLC for domoic acid detection | |||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Lower toxicity year for PSP monitoring and low to no detection of domoic acid ASP | |||||||||||
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