Code of Maine Rules
13 - DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
188 - MARINE RESOURCES - GENERAL
Chapter 24 - IMPORTATION OF LIVE MARINE ORGANISMS
Appendix 188-24-A
(Molluscan bivalves)
Key:B = Benign; U = Unknown; PD = Potentially Dangerous; D = Dangerous; P = Pest
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Status of Seriousness |
Diseases |
Geographic Zones |
States |
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AMERICAN OYSTERS (C. virginica) |
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(U)B |
Viral gametocyte hypertrophy |
Entire East & Gulf Coasts |
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D |
Herpesvirus (hemocytic) |
CGM |
ME |
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B |
Chlamydia-Rickettsia Disease |
Entire east coast |
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B |
(in ducts and stomach) |
Entire east coast |
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B |
(in tubules) |
Entire east coast |
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(U)PD |
Actinomycosis |
CSN, DB |
NY, NJ |
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D |
Perkinsus marinus |
DB, CB, PS (Entire Estuaries east & Gulf Coast) |
NJ, DE, MD, |
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VA, NC |
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D |
Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) |
CSN, DB, DE, CMA |
NJ, NY, DE, |
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CGM* |
MD, VA, ME |
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Marsh River, ME |
*Wellfleet, MA |
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D |
Minchinia costalis (SSO) |
CGM, CSN, CMA |
High salinity estuaries of entire northeast |
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B |
Nematopsis ostrearum |
All Atlantic & Gulf coasts |
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B |
Ancistrocoma -like ciliates |
All Atlantic & Gulf coasts |
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B |
Sphenophrya-like ciliates |
All Atlantic & Gulf coasts |
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B |
Hexamita sp. |
All Atlantic & Gulf coasts |
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(U)P |
Turbellaria |
CSM, CGM |
NY, MA, ME All but ME |
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P |
Bucephalus cuculus |
CB, DB, PS, CMA |
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CSM, CGM? |
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P |
Nematode infections |
CB, PM, DB |
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PD |
Malignant neoplasia |
All east coast |
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P |
Gill Turbellarian |
CGM |
Canada |
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D |
Malpeque Bay disease |
Canada (Gulf of St. Lawrence) |
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SOFT-SHELL CLAMS (Mya arenaria) |
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D |
Viral hematopoietic neoplasia |
CGM, CSN |
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B |
Chlamydia |
All Northeast |
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PD |
Perkinsus sp. |
CB, CSN |
MD, RI |
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B |
Ciliates |
All Northeast |
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U |
Pseudoklossia kidney gregarine |
CSN, CGM |
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P |
Bucephalus sp. |
Unknown |
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U |
Gill dysplasia |
Entire coast |
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PD |
Gonadal neoplasia |
CGM |
Searsport, ME Dennys ville, ME |
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B P B U PD P D U |
HARD-SHELLED CLAMS (Mercanaria mercenaria) Chlamydia Trematode Ciliates Arrested gametogenesis Chitried fungus BAY SCALLOPS (Aequipecten irradians Microsporidan Kidney gregarine (pseudoklossia) |
Entire northeast CSN Entire range CSN Eastern Canada GMA CSN |
NJ RI MA MA, CT |
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BLUE MUSSELS (Mytilus edulis |
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B |
Chlamydia |
Entire coast |
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U |
Bacterial disease of plycate org: |
an CMA, CNS |
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PD |
Haplosporidan |
CGM |
ME |
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U |
Pseudoklossia sp. in kidney |
CSN, CGM |
MA, ME |
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B |
Steinhusia in ova |
CSN |
RI |
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B |
Ciliates |
Entire range |
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P |
Trematode redia |
CGM, CSN, CMA |
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P |
Trematode metacercariae Gymnophallus bursicola |
CGM, CSM, CMA |
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P |
Copepod |
CGM |
ME |
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P |
Pinnotheres maculatus |
CSN, CGM |
ME |
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PD |
Mytilicola intestinalis |
Europe |
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U |
Haematopoietic neoplasm |
UK |
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D |
Mytilicola orientalis |
US West coast |
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SEA SCALLOPS (Placopecten magellanicus) |
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PD |
Abscesses |
CGM |
ME |
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U |
Fungus |
ME (Sheepscot River |
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EUROPEAN OYSTERS (Ostreia edulis |
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D |
Mytilicola orientalis |
West coast of US, France |
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U |
Haematopoietic neoplasm |
France |
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D |
Shell disease (fungus) |
European Atlantic coast Canada (Maritime provinces) |
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D |
Minchinia armoricana |
France, Netherlands |
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D |
Martiella refringens |
France |
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D |
Rickettsia |
France |
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D |
Bonamia ostreae |
France, Denmark, Netherlands |
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PD |
Herpes-like virus |
Wales, GB |
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D |
Microcell disease |
California, Connecticut |
