TABLE 2.

V. vulnificus illnesses that occurred during the study and for which one of the study areas was identified as the most likely harvest area for the implicated oysters

No.a	Oyster harvest areab	Harvest date (mo/day/yr)	Samplingc
			Date (mo/day/yr)	Temp (°C)	Salinity (ppt)	MPN counts of V. vulnificus (organisms/g)d
ATL-9827	Black Bay, La.	09/21/94	09/19/94	27.3	12.6	1,857
NY-Reg	Black Bay, La.	09/22/94	09/19/94	27.3	12.6	1,857
ATL-9823	Black Bay, La.	10/23/94	10/24/94	25.5	13.2	2,000
ATL-9825	Black Bay, La.	11/03/94	10/31/94	19.8	11.4	1,016
PHI-59962	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	04/20/95	04/17/95	23.8	24.0	462
ORL-7885	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	05/09/95	05/08/95	26.6	24.2	2,540
ORL-1566	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	05/15/95	05/15/95	27.6	11.8	2,272
NSV-5830	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	05/22/95	05/22/95	26.5	19.7	9,300
NSV-5829	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	05/23/95	05/22/95	26.5	19.7	9,300
NSV-5736	Cedar Point, Ala.	07/15/95	07/10/95	28.5	25.0	587
ORL-8324	Apalachicola Bay, Fla.	07/24/95	07/24/95	30.8	16.4	3,145
FLA-8336	Black Bay, La.	09/10/95	09/11/95	28.3	14.9	2,175
DAL-6-5000	Black Bay, La.	09/30/95	09/25/95	25.5	18.3	2,000

^aFDA consumer complaint number. 

^bMost probable harvest location for oysters implicated in illness. 

^cInformation on oyster samples collected on the date closest to the harvest date of the implicated oysters. 

^dGeometric mean of the counts from the two subsamples from the lot.