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2018 ASP Conference Presentations
The following are links to presentations from the April 10, 2018 ASP (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) workshop hosted by Maine DMR and held at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
The workshop was organized by Maine DMR to provide information and improve understanding of the occurrence and management of ASP. Some of the files below are large and may take a while to load.
- Worshop Expectations and Outcomes, pdf file, 368 kb
- Current ASP Management Strategies, pdf file, 1,351 kb
- ASP Events in Maine, 2016 and 2017, pdf file, 740 kb
- Challenges and Success in Monitoring the toxic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, pdf file, 2,193 kb
- Research Needs and Where Do We Go from Here, pdf file, pdf file, 8,948 kb
- Why Do We Now Have Toxic ASP Blooms in the Gulf of Maine? pdf file, 5,176 kb
- Water Masses & Their Nutrients - A Seasonal Predictor of HABs? pdf file, 6,525 kb
- Direct Toxin Detection, pdf file, 207 kb
Shellfish safety
- Biotoxin and Shellfish Sanitation Hotline
- Current Biotoxin Closures
- Biotoxin Monitoring Info
- Biotoxins in Maine
- Safe Shellfish Consumption Reminder
- Bacterial (Polution) Closures
other safety Links
- Beach Swimming Advisories (Maine Healthy Beaches Program)
- Fish Consumption Advisories (Maine CDC Div. of Environmental Health)
- FishWatch - U.S. Seafood Guide (National Marine Fisheries Service)
More Info & Help
- Some of the links are PDF files, and may require the free Adobe Reader software (download here). If you require an alternate format, please contact Kohl Kanwit.
- Maine Shellfish Advisory Council
