National collaborative shellfish pollution-indicator study: Site selection. Phase 2. Rept. for 1988-89

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6939706

Leonard, D L; Slaughter, E A; Corning, B C

Each year, about 16 million areas of estuarine waters are classified for the harvest of molluscan shellfish as open or limited to harvest according to microbiological 'indicator' standards and pollution survey guidelines established by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program. The program was developed in the 1920s in response to typhoid fever outbreaks associated with shellfish consumption. Current microbiological indicator standards in shellfish and shellfish-growing waters are extrpolated from standards set in the 1920s. Results from studies in the last decade have indicated that these microbiological indicator standards and thus classification of shellfish-growing waters may no longer be valid. The National Collaborative Shellfish Pollution Indicator Study is proposed as a four-year study to evaluate the current relationships between indicators of human enteric pathogens and the incidence of shellfish-borne diseases. Tasks forces were established to address specific issues, including site selection, shoreline surveys, and laboratory methodologies.

• Research Organization: National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD (United States). Strategic Assessment Branch
• OSTI ID: 6939706
• Report Number(s): PB-93-112340/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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