National collaborative shellfish pollution-indicator study: Site selection. Phase 1. Rept. for 1987-88

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6993755

Leonard, D L; Broutman, M A; Caverly, K E

Each year approximately 16 million acres 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 1920's in response to typhoid fever outbreaks and may no longer protect the consumer from the most prevalent shellfish-borne diseases: hepatitis and gastroenteritis. Today, 1/3 of productive or potentially productive shellfish-growing waters are closed to harvest at some time during the year. In response to these problems, the industry has initiated a national cooperative effort to re-evaluate the standard and establish a classification system directly related to public health implications.

• Research Organization: National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD (United States). Strategic Assessment Branch
• OSTI ID: 6993755
• Report Number(s): PB-93-112332/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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