Increased mortality in oysters of the species Crassostrea gigas (Crassostrea gigas oysters) were detected in several areas in France and in Ireland during the late spring and summer of 2008.
aasta hiliskevadel ja suvel täheldati Prantsusmaa ja Iirimaa mitmes piirkonnas suurte hiidaustrite (Crassostrea gigas) (edaspidi „suured hiidaustrid”) suremuse suurenemist.