Objective Prolonged exposure to heavy metals, such as Pb, Hg, or Cu, has multiple adverse effects on marine organisms at the cellular, physiological, and population levels. Bivalves' histopathology provides a sensitive biomarker of pollutant-induced stress

On request of the EU Commission the EFSA carried out a Extensive Literature Review (ELR) to provide a list of vector species or reservoirs species of pathogens of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs, listed in Annex II to the AHL, aiming to update the Annex

Vector or reservoir species of five mollusc diseases listed in the Animal Health Law were identified, based on evidence generated through an extensive literature review, to support a possible updating of Regulation (EU) 2018/1882. Mollusc species on or