Event name: | US-93-022 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
Event directly affected: |
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Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 82 µg STXeq /100 g in Wild sea mussel.) | |
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 (1927, '29, '30, '32, '37, '54, '62, '68-71, '76, '80-82, '87, '89-93.) | |
Individuals to contact: | ROSS, Maria R. |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Sonoma County., California. HAB Area code(s): US-21 |
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Additional date-related information: | March. |
Causative organism known: | No | |
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
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Management decision: | Special quarantine was issued on March 23 for all species of mussels and countinued for sport harvested clams. | ||||||
Additional harmful effect information: | The Washington clam contained measurable PSP content below the alert concentration in both the siphon and viscera. |