Dec 20, 2017

EPA Issues November/December Fish and Shellfish Program Newsletter

The November/December 2017 issue of the Fish and Shellfish Program Newsletter focuses on shellfish and features information on the following topics:
  • Actions taken pertaining to shellfish by the Louisiana Department of Health, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the California Department of Public Health.
  • EPA Region 10 Awards Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities and Tribes in Alaska and Oregon.
  • News from the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
  • Two NOAA Studies: Risk of Toxic Shellfish on West Coast Increases with Water Temperature and Ribbed Mussels Could Help Improve Urban Water Quality;  and
  • National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Helps Shellfish Growers Stay Informed on HAB Mitigation Tools

The Fish and Shellfish Program Newsletter series is published monthly.

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