Marine Biotoxin Information Links

Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Shellfish Biotoxins - Species and Seasonality Aspects of Marine Biotoxins. Updated areas of closures, Contaminated closure summary reports.

Marine Biotoxins - U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides an online handbook of Food-borne Pathogenic Micro-organisms and Natural Shellfish Toxins.

Marine Biotoxins and Harmful Algae: A National Plan - Information on the Toxins and Bloom Biology and Ecology. Recommendations to address management of fisheries, public health and ecosystem problems related to marine biotoxins.

Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms: What you can't see can hurt you – general informationpage on toxic and non-toxic HABs

The Harmful Algae Page - Information site on harmful algae blooms and red tides.

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning – Washington State Department of Health fact sheet on PSP and its causes.

Sea Grant Alaska: Information and Publications on Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning - Various articles and publications on PSP in Alaska, common bivalves of Alaska, First Aid and Links to other Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning sites.
First Aid for Victims of PSP - PSP information and emergency treatment for PSP poisoning.
Red Tide Monitoring - An overview of red tide, PSP, shellfish contamination, toxins, PSP signs and symptoms, and related links.
Red Tide Links - The Pollution Team provides links and references on Red Tides and related areas of focus.
Plankton Productivity Red Tide Poster Images and information on red tide, phytoplankton, blooms and shellfish species.

Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning - George Mason University provides a general explanation of NSP with references.

Diarrheic Shellfish Poisoning - U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides a general explanation of DSP and other shellfish-associated toxins in its online handbook of Food-borne Pathogenic Micro-organisms and Natural Toxins.

Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning - Fisheries and Oceans Canada provides an explanation of ASP biotoxins as well as PSP biotoxins and shellfish biotoxins in general with further references related to the subject.

Goteborg University – an illustrated checklist of Skagerrak plankton (protists and cyanobacteria) database, with pictures and information on species

Organizations Dedicated to HAB Monitoring and Research

ISSHA - The International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae was founded in 1997, in response to a request from the Intergovernmental Oceanogrpahic Commission(IOC) of UNESCO for an international programme on harmful algae. The overall mandate of the Society is to promote and foster research and training programs on harmful algae, and to co-sponser meetings on this topic at the national, regional, and international level. Page provides general information, international updates and

NOAA: Marine Biotoxins and Harmful Algae Blooms - Informative site from the National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Association on marine biotoxins, harmful algae blooms and current research projects on these subjects. Detailed information is available on PSP, DSP, Domoic Acid Poison, Heterosigma, algae blooms, fish kills, bloom spreading mechanisms, detections of toxins, analysis and health protection.

Northwest Fisheries Science Centre center provides information about the algae that produce marine biotoxins and includes related links and a newsletter.

Marine Biotoxin Bulletin, Washington State Department - Up to date recreational harvesting CLOSURES of all species of molluscan shellfish except razor clams.

Sea Grant Washington: Harmful Algae Blooms in Washington - Washington Sea Grant harmful algae blooms page. Information on PSP, ASP, DSP, Brown tide, facts and contacts.

California Department of Health Services - Information on the Pre-harvest Shellfish Protection and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program, including other links.

Cobscook Bay Reource Centre - Provides links about harmful algal blooms, phytoplankton images and general information on phytoplankton.

Sea Grant New York – Brown Tide Initiative - monitoring program.

Publications

Review articles for further reading on Harmful Algae Blooms - Various articles on the subject.

Sea Web Ocean Citations - Selected Science Publications on Ocean Issues. Research into issues concerning coastal and ocean change is described or reviewed.

ECOHAB: The Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms - A National Research Agenda Enitre document with references.

Shellfish Health and Biotoxins

Aquaculture Health - Molluscan Disease - Further links to info on shellfish related diseases, parasites, amd water quality.

Fish Health Info: Marine Biotoxins - Information on Marine Biotoxins from the Fish Health Section of Fisheries Western Australia.

SeafoodNIC: Seafood Safety - General descriptions and references for many shellfish toxins.

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