The tile. While the containment has just been lifted, the sale of oysters is again authorized in the huts, the results of analyzes carried out this week by the Ifremer surveillance network (French Institute for Research and Exploitation of the sea) revealed the contamination of oysters from the Banc d'Arguin and the passes, as well as the contamination of clams from the Bassin d'Arcachon.
In question ? Lipophilic toxins, toxic micro-algae that cause digestive symptoms in humans.
Oysters from inside the Arcachon basin are not affected
Consequently, indicates this Friday the prefecture of Gironde, "fishing and marketing activities intended for human consumption, of all shellfish from the Banc d'Arguin and from the passes of the Arcachon basin are prohibited except oysters from inside the Arcachon basin. "
It is indeed important to make it clear that this prohibition does not affect oysters in the basin. The Banc d'Arguin is a natural area of 4 km by 2 km, located at the entrance to the Arcachon basin, between the dune of Pilat and the tip of Cap-Ferret.
This prohibition measure will be lifted completely or partially as soon as the analyzes establish the good sanitary quality of the different types of shellfish.
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- Aquitaine
- Algae
- Bordeaux
- Society
- Oysters
- Arcachon
- Consumption