From Sportfishing
Fish Report for 12-14-2009
CDFG News Release - Final Fishing Closure Lifts for Crown Memorial State Beach
12-14-2009
Marine Management News
Kirsten Macintyre, Department of Fish and Game, 916-804-1714
Sam Delson, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, 916-764-0955
State officials have lifted the mussel and shellfish harvesting closure
for Crown Memorial State Beach.
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG), in consultation with the Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), lifted the last
closure after testing found no ongoing significant risk of adverse
health effects from the Dubai Star oil spill on San Francisco Bay. The
closure was first imposed on Oct. 30, along with several others for the
Alameda County shoreline, following the spill. No closures remain in
place.
OEHHA advises the public to continue to avoid harvesting and consuming
mussels from the shoreline on the west and south sides of Ballena
Boulevard. There are elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in mussels from that area that require continued monitoring. The
test results suggest that mussels from the Ballena Bay area have been
exposed to an additional contamination source unrelated to the spill.
"We're pleased that testing has found no significant health risk
from consuming mussels and shellfish due to the oil spill," said OEHHA
Director Dr. Joan Denton. "However, due to elevated levels of mercury
and other chemicals, we recommend that anglers should include mussels
and other shellfish as they follow the existing San Francisco Bay and
Delta region fish consumption advisory."
The advisory is available at
www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/general/sfbaydelta.html. It recommends that
women of childbearing age and children should not eat more than one meal
of Bay fish per month. Women beyond childbearing age and men should not
eat more than two meals of Bay fish per month.
OEHHA is the science arm of the California Environmental Protection
Agency and works with DFG and other agencies to conduct seafood safety
evaluations.
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