Bay Briefings - Seafood Consumption Advisories

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dc.acquisition-srcGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.call-noen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:41:09Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description1 page; available for download at the link below.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractContamination of fish and shellfish in some areas of Galveston Bay and its tributaries poses a health risk to consumers of these seafoods. The contaminants may be either chemicals or pathogens (disease-causing organisms). Determining what areas of the bay system contain contaminated seafood and advising the public on how to limit those risks are the responsibility of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). This state agency (formerly the Texas Department of Health) takes seafood samples from water bodies throughout the state, sends the tissue to laboratories, and-based on the laboratory results- determines the degree of risk for consumption. If contaminant levels are very high, the DSHS makes it illegal to possess certain seafood from certain areas. More commonly, the DSHS advises the general public to limit the number of fish eaten or advises pregnant women or children to eliminate certain fish from their diets. For contaminated oysters, the DSHS will close or restrict the areas of harvesting.en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history8/25/06 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26690
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeHouston, TXen_US
dc.publisherGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9549en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/baybriefings06/GI-350_Seafood_Advisory.pdfen_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesBay Briefings - Charting the Course to 2015en_US
dc.subjectwater and sediment qualityen_US
dc.subjecthabitat protectionen_US
dc.subjectpublic healthen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater inflowen_US
dc.subjectspecies protectionen_US
dc.subjectshoreline managementen_US
dc.subjectspills, fills, and dumpingen_US
dc.subjectseafood consumption advisoriesen_US
dc.titleBay Briefings - Seafood Consumption Advisoriesen_US
dc.typeFlyeren_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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