Ciguatera risk management in French Polynesia: The case study of Raivavae Island (Australes Archipelago)

Ciguatera, an Emerging Human Poisoning in Europe

“…Still, Seriola fasciata sample 2 weighed 37 kg and is 60 times more toxic than Seriola fasciata sample 5, which weighed 63 kg. This observation is in agreement with other works [32,33] who have reported in the Pacific (French Polynesia) no clear relation between CTXs content and the size of fish specimens. The same authors have also reported the presence of CTXs in both herbivorous and carnivorous fish specimens [34].…”

Growth of eight Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species: Effects of temperature, salinity and irradiance

“…Globally, CFP is one of the most commonly reported nonbacterial illnesses associated with seafood consumption (Ansdell, 2011). Given that toxicity varies by >100-fold among Gambierdiscus species, the growth requirements of individual species may prove important in predicting the severity of CFP events (Lartigue et al, 2009;Chinain et al, 2010;Litaker et al, 2010). The physiological data on Gambierdiscus species are limited to studies on relatively few clones, most which have not been identified to species (Bomber et al, 1989;Morton et al, 1992;Lartigue et al, 2009;Parsons et al, 2010).…”

Harmful Algal Blooms in Benthic Systems: Recent Progress and Future Research

“…These findings have implications for disease prediction, surveillance, and public health preparedness with warming ocean temperatures. The situation could be aggravated by other natural (hurricanes, coral bleaching episodes, or Acanthaster plancii outbreaks) and anthropogenic (dredging, construction, or sewage discharge in touristic coastal areas) disturbances (Figure 1) that foster the increase of CFP outbreaks in endemic areas (Chinain et al, 2010b;Rongo and van Woesik, 2012). The Ostreopsis genus is present in tropical and temperate coastal waters of Australia, the Indian Ocean, eastern Asia, the Caribbean Sea, and Brazil, and, in the last decade, in colder waters of the North Pacific coasts of Japan and Russia, New Zealand, and Portugal, and the Atlantic coasts of France and Spain (e.g., GEOHAB, 2012;Accoroni and Totti, 2016).…”