| Event name: | MX-13-011 | |
| Country: | MEXICO | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 3610 ug/kg) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | There were no poisonings or human deaths | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Mareas Rojas (COFEPRIS)) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (1979, 2003) | |
| Individuals to contact: | Rosalba Alonso Rodriguez , COFEPRIS , COEPRISS | |
| Location: | Latitude: 23.405833, Longitude: 23.232778 | |
| General location information: |
Mazatlan Bay and Urias Estuary, Sinaloa HAB Area code(s): GCS |
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| Additional location information: | In the south of the Mazatlán Bay and at the mouth of the Urías Estuary | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2013-03-06, End: 2013-03-23 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2013-03-07, End: 2013-03-30 | |
| Additional date-related information: | Work presented at the SOFILAC 2014 Congress | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium catenatum
(14,700,000 cells/L cells/L)
from 13,600,000 cells/L |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | UNAM-COEPRISS collaboration to monitoring the abundance of dinoflagellate and toxins in the product | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios. 2016.https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/162939/Presencia_de_Marea_Roja_en_costas_nacionales_durante_2013.pdf and http://www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/proyectos/resultados/MU009_Anexo_Libro_resumenes.pdf | |
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| Additional information: | derivatives found: dcSTX2,3; C1,2 and STX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Yes, due to the fact that the sale of mollusks in restaurants was prohibited, the product was used to purify toxins until the end of the closure, the los not were evaluated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Sanitary closure without public alert, surveillance and control of the sale of the product in restaurants and allow the detoxification of the product by keeping it until the end of the closure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | no poisonings or human deaths were reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
