| Event name: | US-92-020 | |
| 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: 201 µg STXeq / 100 g. Viscera.) | |
| 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: | BARSS, Bill | |
| Location: | Latitude: 44.633333, Longitude: -125.966667 | |
| General location information: |
Off Florence., Oregon. HAB Area code(s): US-22 |
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| Additional location information: | 44º38'N, 125º58'W to 44º27'N, 125º10' ", a distance of approximately 36 miles. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1992-02-08 Start: 1992-10-02, End: 1992-10-03 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | About 2-3 October. | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
not confirmed |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Not confirmed, but happened at same time as high PSP levels in razor clams on Oregon/Washington beaches where the causative species was assumed to be Alexandrium catenella, but this was also not confirmed. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 17 °C, Min: 16 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth Comments | Not known. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Surface water currents from the NW. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
| Additional information: | PSP levels: - Dead mackeral (Oct.): viscera 187-201 µg/100 g; meat <38-41 µg/100g - Live mackeral (Nov.): viscera 97-116 µg/70 g; meat: <37 µg/100g - Rockfish, live (Nov.): viscera <30 µg/80 g; <36 µg/100 g. | ||||||
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