| Event name: | GB-13-010 | |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: >160 OA µg/kg) | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Food Standards Agency Shellfish Hygiene Monitoring Programme) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | ||
| Individuals to contact: | BRESNAN, Eileen , Davidson, Keith | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
North and west coast, western Isles, Shetland, Scotland HAB Area code(s): GB-15 GB-16 GB-17 GB-18 GB-19 GB-21 |
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| Additional location information: | This event was widespread across multiple regions of the west coast, western isles and Shetland. It was difficult to determine if it was one distinct event or two overlapping blooms. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2013-06-10 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2013-06-10, End: 2013-11-10 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(7,426 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Recorded in Vementry South in Shetland, July 2013. High cell densities greater than 4,000 cells/L were recorded in Glenuig bay (Highlands) and Loch Fyne (The Clyde Sea) in August 2013. | |
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| Management decision: | Widespread closures were enforced in the relevant areas over the course of the summer. Actual data available from Food Standards Scotland. | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 70 people sought medical advice in the SE of England after eating mussels harvested from Shetland. All recovered. See Whyte C., Swann S. and Davidson K. (2014)Harmful Algae, 39, 365 – 373 for info. | |||||||||||
