Abstract
Mouse bioassay results of rock scallops occasionally monitored by official agencies of British Columbia, Washington and California before and/or after algal blooms from 1980–1990 revealed that 24%, 38% and 87% of adductor muscles, whole body and viscera, respectively, were unsafe (⩾ 80 μg saxitoxin equivalents/ 100 g tissue) for human consumption. The safety of adductor muscles could not be predicted from corresponding toxicity levels of the viscera but the absence of detectable toxin could.
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