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Title: Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993

Abstract

A program to monitor the salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) fishery in the lower Columbia River (Zone 6 fishery) was initiated in 1991 to respond to questions and comments frequently made by Native Americans at public meetings. Native Americans were concerned that the quality of the Columbia River had deteriorated and that the poor environmental conditions had affected the health and quality of fish they relied on for subsistence, ceremonial, religious, and commercial purposes. They also feared that eating contaminated fish might endanger the health of their children and future generations. Operations at the Hanford Site were listed as one of many causes of the deteriorating environment. Fisheries pathologists concluded that most of the external symptoms on fish were related to bacterial infection of gill net abrasions and pre-spawning trauma, and were not caused by pollution or contamination of the Columbia River. The pathologists also stated that consumption of the fish posed no threat to human consumers.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10189673
Report Number(s):
PNL-10093
ON: DE95001312; TRN: AHC29426%%43
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HANFORD RESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; COLUMBIA RIVER; FISHERIES; WATER QUALITY; FISHES; SENSITIVITY; COMPILED DATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; 540320; 540330; CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT

Citation Formats

Abernethy, C S. Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10189673.
Abernethy, C S. Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10189673
Abernethy, C S. 1994. "Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10189673. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10189673.
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title = {Factors affecting the quality of fish caught by Native Americans in the Zone 6 fishery 1991 through 1993},
author = {Abernethy, C S},
abstractNote = {A program to monitor the salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) fishery in the lower Columbia River (Zone 6 fishery) was initiated in 1991 to respond to questions and comments frequently made by Native Americans at public meetings. Native Americans were concerned that the quality of the Columbia River had deteriorated and that the poor environmental conditions had affected the health and quality of fish they relied on for subsistence, ceremonial, religious, and commercial purposes. They also feared that eating contaminated fish might endanger the health of their children and future generations. Operations at the Hanford Site were listed as one of many causes of the deteriorating environment. Fisheries pathologists concluded that most of the external symptoms on fish were related to bacterial infection of gill net abrasions and pre-spawning trauma, and were not caused by pollution or contamination of the Columbia River. The pathologists also stated that consumption of the fish posed no threat to human consumers.},
doi = {10.2172/10189673},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
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