Event name: | US-94-024 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 562 µg STXeq / 100 g.) | |
Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Razor clams. | |
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (14 August 1982 - PSP levels of 5028 µg/100 grams with mussels. Five people ill and medivaced to Anchorage.) | |
Individuals to contact: | OSTASZ, Michael J. |
Location: | Latitude: 55.866667, Longitude: -152.333333 | |
General location information: |
Perryville at Humpback Bay., Alaska. HAB Area code(s): US-26 |
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Additional location information: | Humpback Bay is a bight 5 miles across on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula 12 miles ENE of Stepovak Bay. | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1994-03-30 Start: 1994-03-30, |
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Causative organism known: | No | |
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | Causative species unknown at this time. | |
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Additional Environmental information: | Protected area of the Alaska Peninsula. |
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Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
Additional information: | Razor clams sampled for PSP results. Razor clams with viscera, shucked and without siphon tips - 528 and 562 µg/100 grams. Razor clams canned, eviscerated (siphon tips removed) - 129 and 263 µg/100 grams. Broth from canned product - 136 and 249 µg/100 grams. | |||||||||||
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Management decision: | Village put out a general warnign not to eat clams, State will put out a press release. | |||||||||||
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