Table 3.

Azaspiracid analysis in marine shellfish and crustaceans.

Country	Region / City	Year(s) observed	Organism	Maximum conc. in whole flesh (μg/g)a	Ref.
Ireland	West coast	1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007	Mytilus edulis,Crassostrea gigas,Ostrea edulis,Pecten maximus, Tapes philipinarum, Ensis siliqua, Cerastoderma edule	8.0	7, 33
Norway	SW coast / Sognefjord	1998	M. edulis	0.82b	34, 35
England	E coast / Craster	1998	M. edulis	0.13b	35
Spain	Galicia	2001	M. galloprovincialis	0.24	36
France	Brittany	2001	P. maximus	0.80	36
Denmark		2002	M. edulis	<LOQ	37
Portugal	Southern coast	2003	M. galloprovincialis, Donax spp.	0.016	38
Morocco	NW coast	2004	M. galloprovincialis	0.9	4
Canada	Nova Scotia	2005	M. edulis	<LOQ	M. Quilliam, pers. comm.
Sweden	Tjärno	2005	Cancer pagurus	0.019c	39
Norway	North coast	2005, 2006	Cancer pagurus	0.049d	39

^a Concentrations less than 0.01 μg/g are typically below the limit of quantification (LOQ) and should only be seen as indicative of presence.

^b HP value. Total tissue was not available.

^c Highest value detected in HP. No AZAs were detected in the white meat (claws + body).

^d Values up to 0.733 μg/g were observed in the HP.