| Event name: | CL-02-002 | |
| Country: | CHILE | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 8575 mg of STX equivalent by 100 g of shellfish meat) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Aulacomya ater | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (since 1908) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SCHWEIBOLD Laura | |
| Location: | Latitude: -51.250000, Longitude: -75.083056 | |
| General location information: |
Augusta Island, San Blas Channel HAB Area code(s): CL-14 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2002-07-05 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
is suspected but no identification were done |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | García, C., Bravo, M.C., Lagos, M., Lagos, N. (2004). Paralytic shellfish poisoning: post-mortem analysis of tissue and body fluid samples from human victims in the Patagonian fjords. Toxicon 43: 149-158. | |
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| Additional information: | Toxin assays have been done on several fluids and body parts of human victims (details in bibliography) | |||||||||||
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| Management decision: | filter-feeder bivalves harvesting was officially prohibit in area since 1994 | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 2 fishermen died within a few hours | |||||||||||
