On Food and Cooking

Type of Poisoning Usual Regions

Diarrhetic  shellfish

poisoning

Japan,  Europe,

Canada

Amnesic shellfish

poisoning

U.S.    Pacific coast,  New

England

Neurotoxic  shellfish

poisoning

Gulf    of  Mexico,

Florida

Paralytic   shellfish

poisoning

U.S.    Pacific coast,  New

England

Ciguatera

poisoning

Caribbean,  Hawaii, South

Pacific

Type of Poisoning Usual Sources

Diarrhetic  shellfish

poisoning

Mussels,

scallops

Amnesic shellfish

poisoning

Mussels,    clams,

Dungeness   crab

Neurotoxic  shellfish

poisoning

Clams,

oysters

Paralytic shellfish Clams, mussels, oysters,