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  • Technical Report
    Estimated annual economic impacts from harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2000-09) Anderson, Donald M. ; Hoagland, Porter ; Kaoru, Yoshi ; White, Alan W.
    Blooms of toxic or harmful microalgae, commonly called "red tides," represent a significant and expanding threat to human health and fisheries resources throughout the United States and the world. Ecological, aesthetic, and public health impacts include: mass mortalities of wild and farmed fish and shellfish, human intoxication and death from the consumption of contaminated shellfish or fish, alterations of marine food webs through adverse effects on larvae and other life history stages of commercial fish species, the noxious smell and appearance of algae accumulated in nearshore waters or deposited on beaches, and mass mortalities of marine mammals, seabirds, and other animals. In this report, we provide an estimate of the economic impacts of HABs in the United States from events where such impacts were measurable with a fair degree of confidence during the interval 1987-92. The total economic impact averaged $49 million per year, with public health impacts representing the largest component (45 percent). Commercial fisheries impacts were the next largest (37 percent of the total), while recreation/tourism accounted for 13 percent, and monitoring/management impacts 4 percent. These estimates are highly conservative, as many economic costs or impacts from HABs could not be estimated.
  • Technical Report
    Shellfish diseases : current concerns of the Northeast : proceedings of a sea grant-sponsored workshop held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, February 26, 1987
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1987-03) White, Alan W.
    This report is a summary of a workshop on shellfish disease issues of current concern to the shellfishing industry of the northeastern United States. The workshop, sponsored by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program, was held on February 26, 1987, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Its principal aim was to keep the shellfishing community abreast of the latest information on diseases of importance to wild and cultured shellfish stocks in the area. Topics addressed by invited speakers (scientists, managers, and growers) included 1) MSX oyster disease, which has recently caused a high incidence of oyster mortality at one location on Cape Cod, 2) tumors of soft-shell clams, 3) "brown tide," a new problem with recent dramatic effects on scallops in New York and mussels in Rhode Island, and 4) shellfish hatcheries and shellfish importation in relation to disease concerns. The workshop was attended by more than 100 people, primarily shellfishermen, shellfish officers, members of town shellfish commissions, and shellfish biologists from Massachusetts.
  • Technical Report
    Toxic dinoflagellates and marine mammal mortalities : proceedings of an expert consultation held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1989-11) Anderson, Donald M. ; White, Alan W.
    On May 8 and 9, 1989, a consultation of experts was convened at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to discuss the possible link between natural biotoxins and recent mass mortalities of humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins along the eastern coast of the United States. The focus was on the possible role of dinoflagellate toxins in these events. The objectives of the meeting were to review and assess the existing evidence and to recommend research priorities and needs.
  • Technical Report
    Shellfish closures in Massachusetts, status and options : proceedings of a Sea Grant-sponsored workshop held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, March 22, 1989 : technical report
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1989-09) White, Alan W. ; Campbell, Lee Anne
    This report is a summary of a workshop on the problem of shellfish closures due to microbial contamination in Massachusetts. The workshop, sponsored by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program, was held on March 22, 1989, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Its principal aim was to keep the shellfishing community informed about the status of shellfish closures throughout Massachusetts, the results of recent research on microbial contamination of shellfish, and options for shellfisheries in the region in the face of increasing closures of shellfish areas. Topics addressed by invited speakers included 1) the history of shellfish closures in the state, 2) the fecal-coliform standard and why it needs to be modified, 3) alternatives to the standard, and 4) shellfish relay and depuration procedures used in other states. The workshop was attended by more than 160 people, primarily shellfish officers, shellfish biologists, members of town shellfish commissions and shellfishermen from Massachusetts.