Characterization of fish hold effluent discharged from commercial fishing vessels into harbor waters |
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| Institution: | 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Wastewater Management, Permits Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, USA;2. Eastern Research Group, Inc, 14555 Avion Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20151, USA;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China;2. The Metrology Technology Institute of Jilin, Changchun 132013, China;1. Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida, USA;2. Department of Biology, University of Florida, USA;3. Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, University of Florida, USA;4. NASA-Kennedy Space Center, Space Life Sciences Laboratory, USA;5. Science Wares, Inc., USA;6. Enterprise Advisory Services, Inc. ESC-Team QNA, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA;7. ESC-Team QNA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA;8. Department of Food Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Colombia |
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| Abstract: | Fish hold effluent and the effluent produced from the cleaning of fish holds may contain organic material resulting from the degradation of seafood and cleaning products (e.g., soaps and detergents). This effluent is often discharged by vessels into near shore waters and, therefore, could have the potential to contribute to water pollution in bays and estuaries. We characterized effluent from commercial fishing vessels with holds containing refrigerated seawater, ice slurry, or chipped ice. Concentrations of trace heavy metals, wet chemistry parameters, and nutrients in effluent were compared to screening benchmarks to determine if there is a reasonable potential for effluent discharge to contribute to nonattainment of water quality standards. Most analytes (67%) exceeded their benchmark concentration and, therefore, may have the potential to pose risk to human health or the environment if discharges are in significant quantities or there are many vessels discharging in the same areas. |
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| Keywords: | Fishing vessel Water quality Biochemical Oxygen Demand Vessel discharges Incidental discharges Fish hold |
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