Closure of mussel cultivation areas in the Ría de Ares Betanzos

Number of days per month that the mussel cultivation areas of the Ría de Areas-Betanzos (A Coruña, NW Spain), Arnela and Lorbé, have been closed to mussel extraction. The toxicity causing the closures (ASP, DSP and PSP) is also indicated. Data covers the period from 2000 to 2007. The Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia (INTECMAR) announces the closures and their causes (ASP, DSP, PSP) on a daily basis through the web page http://www.intecmar.org. However, previous daily reports are not freely available in the web page. This data has been published in X.A. Alvarez-Salgado, F.G. Figueiras, M.J. Fernandez-Reiriz, U. Labarta, L. Peteiro and S. Piedracoba (2011). Control of lipophilic shellfish poisoning outbreaks by seasonal upwelling and continental runoff. Harmful Algae 10, 121-129.