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. Establish a formal database on the occurrence of seafood-borne
disease.
c. Determine Gulf Coast residents at risk from consumption of
potentially contaminated seafood.
d. Survey Gulf Coast bathing beaches for the presence of human fecal
wastes and other pathogens (i.e., Vibrio sp.)
e. Assess the public health significance of marine biotoxins in the
marine environment.
f. Implement remote-sensing technologies for the identification of
phytoplankton blooms/red tides in the early stages of development.
3. STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
(action items 19-36)
OBJECTIVES
a. Reduce the level of human wastes in the coastal waters of the Gulf
of Mexico.
b. Establish a Gulf Coast Fish Contaminants Group.
c. Encourage states to adopt compatible policies for management of
public health hazards.
d. Standardize methods for marine biotoxin identification and analysis
from phytoplankton producers and seafood vectors.
e. Organize a Gulf-wide marine biotoxins management and consulting
group.
4. PUBLIC OUTREACH (PO)
(action items 37-44)
OBJECTIVES
a. Undertake an educational campaign to
(1) help the public understand and control or minimize
potential risks associated with the consumption of raw
molluscan shellfish;
(2) help health care professionals understand the potential
risks associated with the consumption of raw molluscan
shellfish, especially high risk patients, and to transmit
information to these patients and encourage the reporting;
(3) help legislative and judicial members understand the
seriousness of violations of shellfishing regulations related to
public health,
(4) inform enforcement officials about public health aspects of
shellfishing reguIations.
b. Help the public understand the nutritional/health benefits and the
potential risks from consumption of seafood, other than raw