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Recent Advisory News
In This Issue ' ^-PA and FDA Issue Final Fish Consumption
Recent Advisory News	1	^	AdVIC©
EPA News					4 On January 18, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final advice regarding fish consumption. This
advice is geared toward helping women who are pregnant or may become pregnant—as
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well as breastfeeding mothers and parents 01 young children—make informed choices
Recent Publications	10 when it comes to fish that are healthy and safe to eat. (This advice refers to fish and
shellfish collectively as "fish.")
Upcoming Meetings
and Conferences	11
To help these consumers more easily understand the types of fish to select, the agencies
have created an easy-to-use reference chart that sorts 62 types of fish into three categories:
•	"Best choices" (eat 2-3 servings a week)
•	"Good choices" (eat one serving a week)
•	"Fish to avoid"
Fish in the "best choices" category make up nearly 90 percent of fish eaten in the United
States.
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regulatory authorities, or the
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An FDA analysis of fish consumption data found that 50 percent of pregnant women
surveyed ate fewer than 2 ounces a week, far less than the amount recommended.
Because the nutritional benefits of eating fish are important for growth and development
during pregnancy and early childhood, the agencies are advising and promoting a
minimum level of fish consumption for these groups. The advice recommends 2-3 four-
ounce servings of lower-mercury fish per week, for a total of up to 8-12 ounces a week.
However, all fish contain at least traces of mercury, which can be harmful to the brain and
nervous system if a person is exposed to too much of it over time. The maximum level of
consumption recommended in the final advice is consistent with the previous
recommended level of 12 ounces per week. The new advice is consistent with the 2015-
2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
For adults, a typical serving is 4 ounces of fish, measured before cooking. Serving sizes
for children should be smaller and adjusted for their age and total calorie needs. It is
recommended that children eat fish once or twice a week, selected from a variety of fish
types.
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"Fish are an important source of protein and other nutrients for young children and women who are or may become
pregnant, or are breastfeeding. This advice clearly shows the great diversity of fish in the U.S. market that they can
consume safely," said FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff, M.D. "This
new, clear and concrete advice is an excellent tool for making safe and healthy choices when buying fish." Choices
lower in mercury include some of the most commonly eaten fish, such as shrimp, pollock, salmon, canned light
tuna, tilapia, catfish, and cod.
When updating the advice, the agencies took a cautious and highly protective approach to allow consumers to enjoy
the benefits of fish while avoiding those with higher levels of mercury, which is especially important during
pregnancy and early childhood. The average mercury content of each type of fish was calculated based on FDA data
and information from other sources. The updated advice cautions parents of young children and certain women to
avoid seven types of fish that typically have higher mercury levels: tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico; shark;
swordfish; orange roughy; bigeye tuna; marlin; and king mackerel.
For fish caught recreationally, consumers are urged to check for local advisories where they are fishing and gauge
their fish consumption based on any local and state advisories for those waters. If no information on fishing
advisories is available, consumers should eat just one fish meal a week from local waters and avoid other fish that
week. Consumers should clean and trim the fish they catch of fat and skin, since locally-caught fish may contain
contaminants besides mercury that can be reduced by proper trimming and cooking, (e.g., broiling instead of frying
can reduce some contaminants by letting fat drip away from the fish).
"It's all about eating and enjoying fish of the right kind and in the right amounts," said EPA Director for Water
Science and Technology, Elizabeth Southerland, Ph.D. "This joint advice not only provides information for fish
consumers who buy from local markets, but it also contains good information for people who catch their own fish or
are provided fish caught by friends or relatives."
All retailers, grocers, and others are urged to post this new advice, including the reference chart listing fish to
choose, prominently in their stores so consumers can make informed decisions when and where they purchase fish.
The agencies will be implementing a consumer education campaign working with a wide array of public and private
partners featuring the new advice.
In June 2014, the agencies issued draft advice which encouraged pregnant women and others to eat between 8 and
12 ounces of fish a week of fish "lower in mercury" but did not provide a list showing consumers which fish are
lower in mercury. The updated advice also takes into account more than 220 comments received from academia,
industry, nongovernmental organizations, and consumers, as well as an external peer review of the information and
method used to categorize the fish.
For more information, visit http://www.fda.gov/fishadvice or http://www.epa.gov/fishadvice.
Source: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-fda-issue-final-fish-consumption-advice-o.
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Texas Issues Updated Consumption Advisory for Mountain
Creek Lake
On January 13, 2017, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) updated a fish consumption advisory
for Mountain Creek Lake in Dallas County due to unsafe levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in
certain species of fish.
DSHS tested tissue samples from fish as part of a re-evaluation of the lake. Concentrations of dioxins and PCBs in
channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, smallmouth buffalo, and white
bass continue to exceed DSHS health guidelines.
DSHS now recommends people limit or avoid consumption of these species as outlined in the table below.
Contaminants of
Concern
Species Affected
Women of ChildbearingAge and
Children < 121
Women Past ChildbearingAge
and Males 12 and Older2

Channel catfish
DO NOT EAT
1 meal/month

Common carp
DO NOT EAT
DO NOT EAT

Flathead catfish
1 meal/month
2 meals/month
Dioxins and PCBs
Freshwater drum
DO NOT EAT
DO NOT EAT

Largemouth bass
1 meal/month
3 meals/month

Smallmouth buffalo
DO NOT EAT
DO NOT EAT

White bass
DO NOT EAT
1 meal/month
1	One meal is four ounces of fish.
2	One meal is eight ounces of fish.
The recommendations are stronger for children under 12 and women who are nursing, pregnant, or who may
become pregnant because the nervous systems of unborn and young children are particularly susceptible to the
health effects of toxins.
The updated advisory replaces one issued in 2010 that recommended no one eat any fish from Mountain Creek
Lake. Prior to that, the state prohibited people from possessing fish from the lake at all. Elevated levels of dioxins
and PCBs in fish do not pose a health risk for people swimming, boating, or participating in other recreational
activities.
Source: http://dshs.texas.gov/news/releases/2017/20170m.aspx.
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Florida Fish Consumption Advisories
™ Fish consumption advisories are published periodically by the State of Florida to alert consumers about
the possibility of chemically contaminated fish in Florida waters. The advisories are meant to inform the public of
potential health risks of specific fish species from specific water bodies. The following two advisories in the table
below were issued recently.
Release
Year
Water Body
Contaminant
County
Species
Women of
ChildbearingAge,
Young Children
All Other
Individuals
2017
Emeralda Marsh WMA Area 7
Pesticides
Lake
Warmouth
Redear sunfish
Golden shiner
Bluegill, largemouth bass
1 meal/week
1 meal/week
1 meal/month
1 meal/month
2 meals/week
1 meal/week
1 meal/week
1 meal/month
2016
Oriskany Reef
PCBs
Escambia
Bank seabass
Scamp grouper
DO NOT EAT
DO NOT EAT
2 meals/week
1 meal/month
Source: http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/prevention/healthv-weight/nutrition/seafood-
consumption/ documents/advisorv-brochure.pdf.
EPA News
EPA Is Conducting Analysis of Dioxins and Furans in Great Lakes
Sport Fish
The U.S. EPA's Office of Science and Technology and Great
Lakes National Program Office are collaborating to
conduct the 2015 Great Lakes Human Health Fish Fillet
Tissue Study under the Great Lakes portion of the Agency's
2015 National Coastal Condition Assessment (NCCA). The
2015 NCCA is one of a series of statistically based surveys
that EPA is conducting at five-year intervals to assess the
condition of U.S. waters. In response to requests from
Great Lakes states, EPA is including 17 dioxins and furans
on the list of target chemicals for analysis of Great Lakes
sport fish fillet samples. State and federal agency field
teams used consistent methods to collect fish composite
samples of species commonly consumed by humans from a statistically representative subset of 152 nearshore
locations in the five Great Lakes (about 30 sampling sites per lake). Fish samples were filleted in the laboratory and
the fillet tissue samples were prepared during 2016. In addition to dioxins and furans, the 152 fillet tissue samples
are being analyzed for mercury, the full suite of 209 PCB congeners, 13 perfluorinated compounds (including
perfluorooctane sulfonate [PFOS] and perfluorooctanoic acid [PFOA]), and 38 fatty acids (including omega-3 and
omega-6 fatty acids).
For more information, contact Stahl.Leanne@epa.gov or Murphv.Elizabeth@epa.gov.
2015 Great Lakes Human Health Fish Fillet Tissue Study Sampling Locations
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EPA Releases Guidance for Conducting Fish Consumption Surveys
In December 2016, the U.S. EPA released Guidance for Conducting Fish
Consumption Surveys. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance
for the design, conduct, and analysis of surveys focused on characterizing
contemporary ingestion of fish. The methodologies are also applicable to
consumption of other aquatic organisms, such as marine mammals, that may
be consumed by populations of interest. Building on the previous 1998 EPA
guidance document, the discussion of survey methodologies has been updated
to reflect more recent developments in the area of survey research, including
use of cellular telephones, the Web, mobile devices, and use of multi-mode
data collection designs. To supplement and provide context to the described
approaches, this guidance document also covers a broad overview of the
numerous and complex issues surrounding the development of a study
approach, identification of survey objectives, sampling options, mode
selection, questionnaire development, and operational and analytic considerations. New sections on the topics of
consumption suppression and the role of heritage rates, especially among tribal populations, have been added. Also,
in recognition of the fact that resources for fish consumption surveys can typically be limited, this document
addresses survey design options within the context of budgetary resources to help the researcher make choices that
best fit the situation. This document does not provide direct guidance focused on how to collect and analyze fish
tissue for contaminants or how to conduct surveys to assess understanding of and compliance with regulations or
voluntary programs, even if the surveys are relevant to water bodies with consumption advisories.
This guidance revises and replaces EPA's 1998 Guidance for Conducting Fish and Wildlife Surveys and provides
information to assist states, tribes, local governments, and others with the design, conduct, and analysis of surveys
for estimating consumption rates of finfish and shellfish.
For more information, contact Samantha Fontenelle at Fontenelle.Samantha@epa.gov.
Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/documents/fc survey guidance.pdf.
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Other News
The BeneFISHiary App for Bermuda: Balancing the Benefits and
Risks of Fish Consumption
Dr. Catherine Pirkle, an Assistant Professor from the University of
Hawaii, and Dr. Philippe Ronja. a co-director of Ocean Human Health
Programme, in collaboration with HUACTIVE, developed a free and user-
friendly mobile application (app), the BeneFISHiary app, which provides
information about nutrients and contaminants found in local fish
available in Bermuda. This project was initiated to help healthcare
providers and local Bermudians be informed enough about fish in
Bermuda to make smart decisions on how much of which fish species
to eat.
The BeneFISHiary app contains a fish directory that includes 40 different
fish species local to Bermuda. When a user clicks onto the full description
of a particular fish species, each fish has an illustration, the scientific
name, a brief description of the species, concentrations of mercury,
nutrient information, including omega-3 fatty acids, how the fish can be
cooked ("taste test"), and "smart substitutions." "Smart substitutions" are recommendations for an alternative if the
particular fish is declining in population or high in mercury concentration, and therefore should be avoided.
Each fish species has color-coded indicators (e.g., green, yellow, orange, red) for mercury concentrations,
sustainability rankings, and consumption recommendations. See screenshot of the app below.
For example, mercury concentrations (shown as a circle with the letter
"M") range from low to very high: very high (red) indicates levels greater
than l.oo jn.g/g, high (orange) indicates levels between 0.51 and 1.00 ug/g,
medium (yellow) indicates levels between 0.20 and 0.50 ug/'g, and low
(green), which are levels less than 0.20 jug/g.
The sustainability of the fish (shown as a circle with the letter "S") include
"depleted" (red), "declining" (orange), "vulnerable" (yellow), "good choice"
(green), and "unknown" (gray).
Lastly, the frequency of consumption (shown as a circle with the letter "C")
includes "to be avoided" (red), "monthly" (orange), "weekly" (yellow), and
"daily" (green).
This app is being used primarily by residents of Bermuda, including some
healthcare providers who work mainly with pregnant women. It appears
that there are a number of users residing outside of Bermuda.
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The BeneFISHiary app is available at http://www.benefishiary.com/.
For more information, contact Dr. Catherine Pirkle rCMPirlde@hawaii.edn').
Ocean Acidification to Hit West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery, New
Assessment Shows
According to research published on January 12, 2017, in the journal Global Change Biology, the expected
acidification of the ocean will affect the West Coast's marine food web, but not necessarily in the ways you might
expect, new research shows.
Dungeness crabs, for example, will likely suffer as their food sources decline. Dungeness crab fisheries valued at
about $220 million annually may face a strong downturn over the next 50 years. But pteropods and copepods, tiny
marine organisms with shells that are vulnerable to acidification, will likely experience only a slight overall decline
because they are prolific enough to offset much of the impact, the study found.
"What stands out is that some groups you'd expect to do poorly don't necessarily do so badly—that's probably the
most important takeaway here...this is a testament in part to the system's resilience to these projected impacts,"
said the lead author of the study.
While previous studies have examined the vulnerability of particular species to acidification in laboratories, this is
among the first to model the effects across an entire ecosystem and estimate the impacts on commercial fisheries.
"The real challenge is to go from experiments on
what happens to individual animals in the lab over a
matter of weeks, to try to capture the effects on the
whole population and understand how vulnerable it
really is," said a research scientist at National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center in
Seattle.
The research used sophisticated models of the
California Current ecosystem off the Pacific Coast to
assess the impacts of a projected 0.2 unit decline in
the pH of seawater in the next 50 years, which
equates to a 55 percent increase in acidity. The
California Current is considered especially
vulnerable to acidification because the upwelling of
deep, nutrient-rich water low in pH already
influences the West Coast through certain parts of
the year.
How might ocean acidification affect the West Coast
food web and fisheries in 50 years?
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mosi affected, particularly because ol lite strong decline in commercially-valuable Dungeness crab
tiat will likely suffer as their feod sources (dams and bottom-dweling invertebrates,1 deel ine- Coastal
pelagic fisb Ike sardines weie only slightly affected. CommercjaBy-impoftant groundlish like deep
large racklish. Dover sole, and peiralo sole had a more dramatic decline, and Ihe fishery as a wlrie
experienced a modest Oetin m revenue. Marre mammals, stomrds. plankton and small pelagic
fish were the least affected by a future decrease m pH.
The study modeled the potential risks of ocean acidification (under a future
decrease in pH) on the West Coast marine food web and fisheries over 50 years,
from 2013 to 2063. (Image courtesy of NOAA)
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The research built on an earlier effort by NOAA scientists that quantified the sensitivity of various species to
acidification. In a novel approach, the researchers weighed the evidence for each species based on its reported
sensitivity in the laboratory and relevance to the California Current.
This synthesis identified ten groups of species with highest vulnerability to acidification. The researchers
incorporated this into the ecosystem model to examine how acidification will play out in nature. The study
particularly examined the effects on commercially important species including Dungeness crab; groundfish such as
rockfish, sole and hake; and coastal pelagic fish such as sardines and anchovy over the period from 2013 to 2063.
"This was basically a vulnerability assessment to sharpen our view of where the effects are likely to be the greatest
and what we should be most concerned about in terms of how the system will respond," said a co-author of the
research.
Although earlier studies have shown that Dungeness crab larvae is vulnerable to acidification, the assessment found
that the species declined largely in response to declines in its prey—including bivalves such as clams and other
bottom-dwelling invertebrate species.
Since Dungeness crab is one of the most valuable fisheries on the West Coast, its decline would have some of the
most severe economic effects, according to the research. Groundfish such as petrale sole, Dover sole, and deep-
dwelling rockfish are also expected to decline due to acidification, according to the assessment. However, fisheries
for those species are much less valuable so the economic impact would not be as large.
Coastal pelagic fish were only slightly affected.
Study citation: Marshall, K.N., I.C. Kaplan, E.E. Hodgson, A.J. Hermann, D.S. Busch, P. McElhany, T.E. Essington,
C.J. Harvey, and E.A. Fulton. 2017. Risks of ocean acidification in the California Current food web and fisheries:
Ecosystem model projections. Global Change Biology. doi:io.im/gcb.i3594.
Source:
https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/features/ocean acidification west coast dungeness crab fisherv/index.cfm.
Recently Awarded Research
Sea Grant Announces $3.4M for Aquaculture Research and
Outreach Projects
On October 28, 2016, the National Sea Grant College Program announced $3.4 million in federal funding to support
aquaculture research and outreach. The funding, which leverages all federal dollars 2:1 with state matching funds,
will support 11 aquaculture research projects and 23 projects to organize and conduct conferences and workshops to
transfer aquaculture information.
New research projects total $3 million in federal funds. The table on the next page includes a partial list of the
funded projects. A complete list of the 11 aquaculture research projects funded in the 2016 competition is available.
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Sea Grant Program
Project Title
University of Hawai'i
Elucidating the physiological and epigenetic response of tetraploid and triploid Pacific Oysters
(Crassostrea gigas) to environmental stressors
University of Washington
The purple hinged rock scallop, a promising aquaculture species with a toxic algal problem
University System of New Hampshire
Shellfish aquaculture and virus pollution near wastewater treatment plants
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Managing the complex profile of biotoxins threatening the shellfish industry of Lower Chesapeake Bay
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Integrating mussel and kelp longline culture structures and management
"These projects will begin to address priorities identified in the 10-vear vision for aquaculture recently developed by
the Sea Grant network in conjunction with industry partners and management professionals...an important and
often overlooked area is going beyond research to integrate useable science into people's everyday lives. The
conferences and workshops funded this year will contribute to filling that gap," said the National Sea Grant
Director.
Outreach projects totaling $400,000 in federal funding will support conferences, workshops, training, and
technology transfer efforts focused on advancing aquaculture knowledge, management, and collaboration. The table
below includes a partial list of the grant recipients. A complete list of aquaculture conference and training projects
funded in the 2016 competition is also available.
Sea Grant Program
Project Title
Maryland Sea Grant
Illustrated guide to disease and parasites of oysters, Crassostrea
virginica
South Carolina Sea Grant
Consortium
2016 aquaculture Sea Grant conferences and workshops: South
Atlantic Shellfish Initiative planning workshop
University of Florida
Red Tide Stinks: Workshop to discuss strategies, safe sustainable
commercial shellfish production in areas susceptible to harmful algal
blooms
University of Maine System
Blazing the oyster trail of Maine
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica).
Learn more about Sea Grant's work on sustainable aquaculture.	(Image courtesy of NOM)
Download the Sea Grant 10 year vision for aquaculture (or download the summary fact sheet).
Source: http://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/SeaGrantAnnoiineements/TabId/27R/ArtMID/7':ti/ArticleID/70Q/Sea-
Grant-announces-^4M-for-aquaculture-research-and-oiitreach-proiects.aspx.
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Recent Publications
Journal Articles
The list below provides a selection of research articles focusing on dioxins.
~	Influence of non-detect data-handling on toxic equivalency quantities of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs: A case study of major fish species
purchased in Korea
Barghi, M., S.D. Choi, H.O. Kwon, Y.S. Lee, and Y.S. Chang. 2016. Influence of non-detect data-handling on toxic equivalency
quantities of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs: A case study of major fish species purchased in Korea. Environmental Pollution
214:532-538.
~	Modelling scenarios on feed-to-fillet transfer of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in future feeds to farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmosalah
Berntssen, M.H.G., M. Sanden, H. Hove, and 0. Lie. 2016. Modelling scenarios on feed-to-fillet transfer of dioxins and dioxin-like
PCBs in future feeds to farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmosalar). Chemosphere 163:413-421.
~	Congener profiles of polvchlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polvchlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in sediment, water, and fish at a soil
contamination site in Taiwan
Chang, H J., T.F. Lin, L.M. Whang, and Y.J. Wu. 2016. Congener profiles of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated
dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in sediment, water, and fish at a soil contamination site in Taiwan. Journal of Environmental Science and
Health, Part A 51(3):251-261.
~	High conservation in transcriptomicand proteomic response of white sturgeon to equipotent concentrations of 2.3.7.8-TCDD. PCB 77. and
benzofalpyrene
Doering, J.A., S. Tang, H. Peng, B.K. Eisner, J. Sun, J.P. Giesy, S. Wiseman, and M. Hecker. 2016. High conservation in transcriptomic
and proteomic response of white sturgeon to equipotent concentrations of 2,3,7,8-TCDD, PCB 77, and benzo[a]pyrene.
Environmental Science & Technology 50(9):4826-4835.
~	A study of 2.3.7.8-tetrachlorodibenzo-g-dioxin induced liver iniurv in Jian carp iCvorinuscamioMar. Jian) using precision-cut liver slices
Du, J.L., LP. Cao, Y.J. Liu, R. Jia, and G.J. Yin. 2016. A study of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin induced liver injury in Jian carp
(Cyprinuscarpio var. Jian) using precision-cut liver slices. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 96(1):55-61.
~	Cross-species comparison of relative potencies and relative sensitivities of fishes to dibenzo-g-dioxins. dibenzofurans. and polvchlorinated
biphenvls in vitro
Eisner, B.K., J.A. Doering, S.C. Beitel, S. Wiseman, J.C. Raine, and M. Hecker. 2016. Cross-species comparison of relative potencies
and relative sensitivities of fishes to dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls in vitro. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 35(1):173-181.
~	Identification of arvl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathways altered inTCDD-treated red seabream embryos bvtranscriptome analysis
lida, M., S. Fujii, M. Uchida, H. Nakamura, Y. Kagami, T. Agusa, M. Hirano, S.M. Bak, E.Y. Kim, and H. Iwata. 2016. Identification of
aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathways altered in TCDD-treated red seabream embryos by transcriptome analysis. Aquatic
Toxicology 177:156-170.
~	Responses of antioxidant defense system to polvfluorinated dibenzo-g-dioxins (PFDDs) exposure in liver of freshwater fish Carassius auratus
Li, C., L. Qin, R. Qu, P. Sun, and Z. Wang. 2016. Responses of antioxidant defense system to polyfluorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
(PFDDs) exposure in liver of freshwater fish Carassius auratus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 126:170-176.
~	Bioaccumulation of mercury and polvchlorinated dibenzo-g-dioxinsand dibenzofurans in salty water organisms
Liao, P.Y., C.W. Liu, and W.Y. Liu. 2016. Bioaccumulation of mercury and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in
salty water organisms. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 118:12.
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~	Reduction of dioxin-like toxicity in effluents bv additional wastewater treatment and related effects in fish
Maier, D., M. Benisek, L. Blaha, F. Dondero, J.P. Giesy, H.R. Kohler, D. Richter, M. Scheurer, and R. Triebskorn. 2016. Reduction of
dioxin-like toxicity in effluents by additional wastewater treatment and related effects in fish. Ecotoxicology and Environmental
Safety 132:47-58.
~	Effects of exposure to three environmental chemicals on the selected biochemical parameters of the blood plasma of rainbow trout.
Oncorhvnchus mvkiss (Wa I ba urn)
Rehulka, J., B. Minaffk, and M. Machala. 2016. Effects of exposure to three environmental chemicals on the selected biochemical
parameters of the blood plasma of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales
65(l):15-32.
~	PCDD/Fs. DL-PCBs and NDL-PCBs in European catfish from a northern Italian lake: the contribution of an alien species to human exposure
Squadrone, S., M. Prearo, R. Nespoli, T. Scanzio, and M.C. Abete. 2016. PCDD/Fs, DL-PCBs and NDL-PCBs in European catfish from
a northern Italian lake: the contribution of an alien species to human exposure. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 125:170-
175.
~	Embryonic exposure to TCDD impacts osteogenesis of the axial skeleton in Japanese medaka. Orvzias /atioes
Watson, A.T.D., A. Planchart, C.J. Mattingly, C. Winkler, D.M. Reif, and S.W. Kullman. Embryonic exposure to TCDD impacts
osteogenesis of the axial skeleton in Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes. Toxicological Sciences 115(1):1-12.
Upcoming Meetings and Conferences
1091b Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries
Association
March 26-30, 2017
Knoxville, Tennessee
Impacts of a Changing Environment on the Dynamics of
High-latitude Fish and Fisheries
May 9-12, 2017
Anchorage, Alaska
13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global
Pollutant
July 16-21, 2017
Providence, Rhode Island
1(P Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk
Conservation Society
March 26-30, 2017
Cleveland, Ohio
11th international Conference on Molluscan Shellfish
Safety
May 14-18, 2017
Galway, Ireland
Additional Information
This monthly newsletter highlights current information about fish and shellfish.
For more information about specific advisories within the state, territory, or tribe, contact the appropriate
state agency listed on EPA's National Listing of Fish Advisories website at https://fishadvisorvonline.epa.gov/Contacts.aspx.
For more information about this newsletter, contact Sharon Frey (Frev.Sharon@epa.gov. 202-566-1480).
Additional information about advisories and fish and shellfish consumption can be found at https://www.epa.gov/fish-tech.

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