There has been a dramatic increase in the number of health advisories issued by state health agencies across the United States concerning the consumption of freshwater and marine fishes because of high methylmercury contained in their edible tissues. In January 2001, FDA advised all pregnant women and women of childbearing age not to eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish and no more than 12 ounces per week of other fish. At the same time, EPA issued a national advisory that pregnant women, nursing mothers, women who may become pregnant, and young children should limit consumption of freshwater fish from non-commercial sources to six ounces per adult or two ounces per child a week. The focus is on the incidence, effects, and management of exotic species in coastal, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. His presentation will focus on nonindigenous aquatic invaders to Lake Michigan and ways to predict future invasions.
Press are welcome to attend any or all of the day's speaker and poster sessions.
Please see the Web site for the complete agenda and registration form. The event is free. A discussion of the impact economically and environmentally of waterborne trade on the Great Lakes. A day long program providing an overview of the basic science involved in those areas where the water meet the land. This program was originally developed by the Cheaspeake Bay National Estuaring Research Reserve in Virginia.