translate English to French: In response, in part, to the 105 cases of poisoning and three deaths caused in 1987 by consumption of mussels containing an algal toxin, the Government of Canada developed the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program and the Canadian Shellfish Water Quality Protection Program to ensure that growing areas for all bivalve molluscan shellfish meet approved water quality criteria.
Des proliférations d'algues toxiques se sont également produites au Canada le long des côtes du Pacifique et de l'Atlantique, mais seulement de façon sporadique.