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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Identifying Toxic Species
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common, non-bacterial, seafood illness. The condition is caused by toxins from the microalga Gambierdiscus ...
NOAA Improves Monitoring of Ciguatera in Fish
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NCCOS and their partners have developed a new method for detecting ciguatoxins in fish that does not rely on the typical use of radioisotopes, which ...
New Tools to Aid in Managing Ciguatera Poisoning Risks in the Caribbean
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Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most frequently reported non-bacterial illness associated with eating fish in the United States and the U. S ...
Toxic Algae and Their Seaweed Hosts May Predict Ciguatera Fish ...
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New research shows that different Caribbean species of Gambierdiscus — the microscopic marine algae most often associated with ciguatera fish ...
Eating USVI Invasive Lionfish Could Lead to Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
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Ciguatera is a foodborne illness caused by eating certain reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with toxins originally produced by microscopic, marine ...
Determining Ciguatera Risk in Invasive Lionfish - NCCOS - National ...
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Scientists are investigating the prevalence of ciguatera toxins in invasive lionfish in response to interest in establishing commercial fisheries for ...
New Pacific Ciguatoxins Identification and Analysis
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the world’s most common food-borne disease related to consuming contaminated finfish, with more than 50,000 cases ...
NCCOS leads strategy to reduce ciguatera fish poisoning
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To reduce incidence of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP) and increase safety of seafood consumption around the world, scientists from NOAA’s National ...
Differences in the Toxicity of the Alga Gambierdiscus: Implications for ...
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) causes more human illness than all other harmful algal bloom species combined. Unfortunately, little is known about the ...
Lionfish Control in the National Marine Sanctuaries: A Study of ...
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In addition to development of LADs, we will conduct a series of ciguatera tests on lionfish from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Flower ...
Ciguatera Assays Aim to Improve the Safety of Tropical Seafood
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Researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science developed effective, inexpensive molecular lab tests for field samples to detect algae ...
Ciguatoxin Detection Technology transfer with French Polynesia
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NCCOS and ILM researchers have been collaborating to answer a significant unresolved question in ciguatera research: why fish in the Caribbean and ...
How to Monitor Toxic Bottom-dwelling Algal Blooms
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Globally, ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common cause of non-bacterial, seafood poisoning associated with eating fish. In 2012, NCCOS helped ...
Research Provides Parameters to Model Ciguatoxin's Effects on Seals and ...
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Hawaiian monk seal and her pup. Photo courtesy of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. A single-celled plant known as Gambierdiscus is ...
Environmental Variables Influence Toxic Ciguatera Algae Growth and ...
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Anew study describes optimal growth conditions for several species and strains of the benthic marine dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus and highlights how ...
A Study of Gambierdiscus 'Super Bugs' and Ciguatoxin Fate in Coral Reef ...
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common algal-borne illness worldwide. It is a debilitating syndrome caused by consumption of fish ...
Cheaper Ciguatoxin Assay May Rely on Proxy Molecule
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A recently published finding may contribute to the development of a long-elusive affordable ciguatoxin detector, crucial for equatorial peoples ...
NOAA Researchers Land Annual Scientific Paper Prize
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Certain Gambierdiscus species produce neurotoxins which cause ciguatera fish poisoning, a major cause of seafood poisoning around the tropics. For the ...
NCCOS Coordinates Development of New Korean Project on Harmful Algae
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The project, one component of the larger Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between NOAA and the newly formed Korean Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries, will ...
Seasonal Differences in - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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An NCCOS-sponsored study provides the most comprehensive and quantitative assessment to date of the in situ toxicity of Gambierdiscus marine ...