Event name: | US-90-019 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 358 µg STXeq / 100 g.) | |
Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
Individuals to contact: | HORNER, Rita |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Liberty Bay., Washington. HAB Area code(s): US-24 |
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1990-09-19, End: 1990-09-24 | |
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Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
probably |
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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Growth Comments | Not known. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
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Management decision: | Product recalled; Liberty Bay closed to all commercial and sport harvesting of shellfish until further notice. | |||||||||||
Additional harmful effect information: | Recall of commercially harvested oysters from 17 states. No illnesses reported. |