B. Effective public notification program for contaminated beds and seafood
1. Change public understanding/ behavior regarding PS and NPS pollution
2. Identify safe levels in water connected to body burdens (bio-accumulation and magnification)
3. Reduce toxics and nutrient levels to “safe” levels
4. Cleanup of beds/ waters where
appropriate
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1. Outreach
·
Shellfish Closure
Signs - VMRC 2. Regulation ·
EPA Human Health
Criteria ·
Oyster Certification ·
VDH classification ·
VMRC Enforcement N/A 3.
Monitoring – ·
Ches Bay monitoring
– DEQ · Seawater sampling – VDH ·
Shoreline survey -
VDH 4. Planning/coordination ·
5. Research ·
N/A |
MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach ·
Expand education on
harvesting bans 2. Regulation ·
3. Authority ·
·
4. Monitoring ·
Expand monitoring of
environment and harvested seafood 5. Planning/coordination ·
6. Research · Develop technology to identify and detect bio-toxins rapidly and inexpensively for closures/warnings 7. Definition of management targets ·
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