| Event name: | US-94-018 | |
| 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 | |
| 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: | Yes (The last Oregon PSP alert began on 25 September 1991 on the central beaches in mussels, peaking at 150 µg/100g and declining to less than 50 µg/100g by October 1991.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | CANNON, Deborah F. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 44.400000, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Clatsop Beaches., Oregon. HAB Area code(s): US-22 |
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| Additional location information: | Oregon coast from Cape Lookout near Netarts to the Columbia River (approximately 44.4-46.7º N). This area is called the Clatsop Beaches. | |
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| Additional date-related information: | Toxicity in shellfish began in August 1992. Mussels peaked at 4365 µg/100g in September 1992 and did not drop below detection until may 1993. Razor clams were 298 µg/100 g in late October 1993. Older, bigger clams had higher PSP tahn younger ones. PSP in raqor clams still 38-60 µg/100g in December 1994. | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
Not confirmed. |
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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: | Commercial and recreational harvest of razor clams was reopened on Clatsop Beaches on 1 November for the first time since November 1991. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Processing of razor clams for food slowly returning. Tourist facilities hurt because no clam diggers for three years (PSP and domoic acid). Intesified testing of razor clams has also increased costs of collection and laboratory testing for the Shellfish P | |||||||||||||||||||||
