| Event name: | US-91-008 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 86 µg STXeq / 100 g of shellfish meat.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Shellfish Monitoring Program. State of California Department of Health Services (SCDHS).) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (1981.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | ROSS, Maria R. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Del Norte County. Point St. George., California. HAB Area code(s): US-21 |
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| Additional location information: | Point St. George (Wild Sea Mussel). | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | End: 1991-10-31 | |
| Additional date-related information: | September, October, December, no sample was submitted in November. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Most likely an in situ growth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | No data available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | California annual quarantine was in effect to October 31. | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Through the months of September and December measurable but below the alert toxin levels were recorded in wild sea mussels. In October the concentration of toxin in the mussels rose to 86 µg/100 g of shellfish meat. | |||||||||||
