Protecting & Preserving Puget Sound
…fish people eat (the fish consumption rate), an allowable cancer rate, and several other factors. Ecology’s rule raised the fish consumption rate from the current 6.5 grams/day (about one cracker-sized…
…Ocean and the Columbia River and access to a large variety of fresh, local fish and shellfish, Washington’s fish consumption rate was previously set at 6.5 grams per day. (A…
…authority to keep dangerous toxic chemicals out of our food.” In January, Governor Inslee backed Ecology’s draft water quality rule, which recognized higher fish consumption rates in the population, but…
…their citizens from unsafe levels of pollution in locally-caught fish and shellfish using scientific data on fish consumption and health risks. However if this proposal is approved, levels of PCBs,…
…to food health and safety standards that fully protect fish and shellfish consumers and the public,” said Glen Spain, NW Regional Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA),…
…increased the fish consumption rate, an estimate of how much fish people eat statewide, to 175 grams (the size of an average filet) per day. Taken by itself, that would…
…Washington waterways based on established health risks, including the amount of fish people eat (also known as the fish consumption rate). Governor Inslee’s announcement was prompted by a setback in…
…fish consumption habits of a state known around the country for high-quality fresh local fish and shellfish. As soon as reliable data showed many people were eating much more fish…
“This one is definitely symptomatic” Kathryn Davis, Puget Soundkeeper Stewardship Coordinator called out. The bright adult female coho salmon was displaying the classic “death dance” of a fish in trouble….
…tight deadline on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize new anti-pollution water quality rules aimed at protecting public health. The rules, often called fish consumption rules, must ensure…