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Field Validation of the Southern Rock Lobster Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Monitoring Program in Tasmania,Australia
Authors:Alison Turnbull  Juan Jos Dorantes-Aranda  Tom Madigan  Jessica Jolley  Hilary Revill  Tim Harwood  Gustaaf Hallegraeff
Institution:1.Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, TAS 7053, Australia; (J.J.D.-A.); (G.H.);2.South Australia Research and Development Institute, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia; (T.M.); (J.J.);3.Department of Primary Industry, Parks, Water and Environment, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia;4.Cawthron Institute, Nelson 7010, New Zealand;
Abstract:Paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) are found in the hepatopancreas of Southern Rock Lobster Jasus edwardsii from the east coast of Tasmania in association with blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella. Tasmania’s rock lobster fishery is one of the state’s most important wild capture fisheries, supporting a significant commercial industry (AUD 97M) and recreational fishing sector. A comprehensive 8 years of field data collected across multiple sites has allowed continued improvements to the risk management program protecting public health and market access for the Tasmanian lobster fishery. High variability was seen in toxin levels between individuals, sites, months, and years. The highest risk sites were those on the central east coast, with July to January identified as the most at-risk months. Relatively high uptake rates were observed (exponential rate of 2% per day), similar to filter-feeding mussels, and meant that lobster accumulated toxins quickly. Similarly, lobsters were relatively fast detoxifiers, losing up to 3% PST per day, following bloom demise. Mussel sentinel lines were effective in indicating a risk of elevated PST in lobster hepatopancreas, with annual baseline monitoring costing approximately 0.06% of the industry value. In addition, it was determined that if the mean hepatopancreas PST levels in five individual lobsters from a site were <0.22 mg STX equiv. kg−1, there is a 97.5% probability that any lobster from that site would be below the bivalve maximum level of 0.8 mg STX equiv. kg−1. The combination of using a sentinel species to identify risk areas and sampling five individual lobsters at a particular site, provides a cost-effective strategy for managing PST risk in the Tasmanian commercial lobster fishery.
Keywords:marine biotoxin  non-traditional vector  Jasus edwardsii  lobster  uptake  depuration  risk management
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