Chapter 3
Storage and Detoxification of Bivalve Molluscs
as a Tool in a Marketing Strategy
J. Haure, J. Hussenot, F. Buzin, Patrick Lassus, C. Marcaillou, F. Mondeguer,
V. S´ echet, F. Royer, Zouher Amzil, M. Cardinal, L. Le Grel, A. Mass´ e,
N.E. Sabiri, J.B. Castaing, and P. Jaouen
Introduction
In France, as in some other European countries, there is strong evidence that toxic
algal blooms are increasing in frequency (Cordier et al. 2000; Lassus et al. 2009),
and are economically detrimental to the shellfish industry (Belin 2003). As a result,
there has been increasing demand from shellfish farmers in recent years to develop
industrial scale processes that would allow for continued sale of toxin-free shellfish
during periods when harvesting is forbidden due to toxic events.
The 3-year project ‘Comsaumol’ was the result of an agreement between the
French administration, shellfish industry representatives and research institutes.
As early as 2007, a partnership charter was signed between the Agriculture
and Fisheries Ministry, National Shellfish Farming Committee and IFREMER
J. Haure • J. Hussenot • F. Buzin
Station exp´ erimentale, IFREMER, Polder des Champs, 85230 Bouin, France
e-mail: Joel.Haure@ifremer.fr; jerome.hussenot@ifremer.fr; florence.buzin@ifremer.fr
P. Lassus () • C. Marcaillou • F. Mondeguer • V. S´ echet • F. Royer • Z. Amzil • M. Cardinal
IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, BP 21105 44311 Nantes, France
e-mail: patrick.lassus@ifremer.fr; claire.marcaillou@ifremer.fr; Florence.Mondeguer@ifremer.fr;
veronique.sechet@ifremer.fr; florence.royer@ifremer.fr; Zouher.Amzil@ifremer.fr;
mireille.cardinal@ifremer.fr
L. Le Grel
LEMNA, Universit´ e de Nantes, BP 52231 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France
e-mail: laurent.legrel@univ-nantes.fr
A. Mass´ e • N.E. Sabiri • J.B. Castaing • P. Jaouen
GEPEA, 37 Bvd de l’Universit´ e, 44602 Saint Nazaire, France
e-mail: anthony.masse@univ-nantes.fr; Nour-Eddine.Sabiri@univ-nantes.fr;
Jean-Baptiste.Castaing@univ-nantes.fr; Pascal.Jaouen@univ-nantes.fr.
V. S´ echet • Z. Amzil
Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France
e-mail: veronique.sechet@ifremer.fr; Zouher.Amzil@ifremer.fr
G. Sauv´ e (ed.), Molluscan Shellfish Safety, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6588-7 3,
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Storage and Detoxification of Bivalve Molluscs
as a Tool in a Marketing Strategy
J. Haure, J. Hussenot, F. Buzin, Patrick Lassus, C. Marcaillou, F. Mondeguer,
V. S´ echet, F. Royer, Zouher Amzil, M. Cardinal, L. Le Grel, A. Mass´ e,
N.E. Sabiri, J.B. Castaing, and P. Jaouen
Introduction
In France, as in some other European countries, there is strong evidence that toxic
algal blooms are increasing in frequency (Cordier et al. 2000; Lassus et al. 2009),
and are economically detrimental to the shellfish industry (Belin 2003). As a result,
there has been increasing demand from shellfish farmers in recent years to develop
industrial scale processes that would allow for continued sale of toxin-free shellfish
during periods when harvesting is forbidden due to toxic events.
The 3-year project ‘Comsaumol’ was the result of an agreement between the
French administration, shellfish industry representatives and research institutes.
As early as 2007, a partnership charter was signed between the Agriculture
and Fisheries Ministry, National Shellfish Farming Committee and IFREMER
J. Haure • J. Hussenot • F. Buzin
Station exp´ erimentale, IFREMER, Polder des Champs, 85230 Bouin, France
e-mail: Joel.Haure@ifremer.fr; jerome.hussenot@ifremer.fr; florence.buzin@ifremer.fr
P. Lassus () • C. Marcaillou • F. Mondeguer • V. S´ echet • F. Royer • Z. Amzil • M. Cardinal
IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, BP 21105 44311 Nantes, France
e-mail: patrick.lassus@ifremer.fr; claire.marcaillou@ifremer.fr; Florence.Mondeguer@ifremer.fr;
veronique.sechet@ifremer.fr; florence.royer@ifremer.fr; Zouher.Amzil@ifremer.fr;
mireille.cardinal@ifremer.fr
L. Le Grel
LEMNA, Universit´ e de Nantes, BP 52231 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France
e-mail: laurent.legrel@univ-nantes.fr
A. Mass´ e • N.E. Sabiri • J.B. Castaing • P. Jaouen
GEPEA, 37 Bvd de l’Universit´ e, 44602 Saint Nazaire, France
e-mail: anthony.masse@univ-nantes.fr; Nour-Eddine.Sabiri@univ-nantes.fr;
Jean-Baptiste.Castaing@univ-nantes.fr; Pascal.Jaouen@univ-nantes.fr.
V. S´ echet • Z. Amzil
Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France
e-mail: veronique.sechet@ifremer.fr; Zouher.Amzil@ifremer.fr
G. Sauv´ e (ed.), Molluscan Shellfish Safety, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6588-7 3,
© Springer ScienceCBusiness Media Dordrecht 2014
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