New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
Book review:
Marine toxins and New Zealand shellfish. Proceedings of a workshop on research issues
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff
Department of Plant Science
University of Tasmainia
Hobart, Tasmania
Australia
Abstract Several cats in Whangarei were poisoned on 4 January 1993 after consuming left-overs of their owners' shellfish meal: this heralded an outbreak of more than 180 reported human shellfish poisonings. As a result, on 21 January the entire New Zealand coastline was closed for shellfish harvesting, leading to a loss of export sales of up to 2 million New Zealand dollars per week. Fortunately, by 1 April most areas had been reopened, except for a few locations in the far north which have remained closed until present (October 1993).
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1993: Vol. 27:
Received 1 June 1993
PDF file of entire paper: medium quality (114K); (scanned from paper original: notes about this process)
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