| Event name: | US-94-028 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 19,418 µg STXeq / 100 g.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mussels. | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | OSTASZ, Michael J. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 57.204167, Longitude: -153.300000 | |
| General location information: |
Old Harbor (Kodiak Island)., Alaska. HAB Area code(s): US-26 |
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| Additional location information: | On west shore of Sitkalidak Strait, 56 miles SW of Kodiak. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1994-05-29 Start: 1994-05-29, |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium sp.
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Additional Environmental information: | No data. Small beach area. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Press release and State of Alaska via Emergency Powers closed beach to harvesting. | |||||||||||
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