Harmful Algal Information System: Event ES-18-016

General Information

Event name:	ES-18-016
Country:	SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:	Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected:	Yes
Associated syndrome:	DSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (Detected anually from 1995; generally with two events a year: at mid-spring and autumn)
Individuals to contact:	PAZOS, Yolanda , SALGADO, Covadonga , CALVO, Silvia

Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Ria de Pontevedra, Ria de Muros-Noia, Costa da Morte, Ría de Coruña, Ría de Ares-Betanzos, Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, NW Spain HAB Area code(s): ES-05 ES-06 ES-07 ES-08
Additional location information:	The affected area is dedicate to intensive mussel cultivation in rafts and to high production of other moluscs in natural banks
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 2018-09-19, End: 2018-12-18
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Additional date-related information:	Initial and final dates are approximate

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Dinophysis acuminata (1720 cells/L) St: L3 (Ria de Ares-Betanzos) Date: 17/10/2018
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Additional Environmental information:

Species containing the toxin	Toxin type	Toxin details	Max. concentration	Assay type
Raft cultured mussel and benthic shellfish	Okadaic Acid			LC-MS

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Created at 02:12 on 7 May 2019