Contamination of Fish and Sediments from the Vistula River by Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs

Niewiadowska, Alicja; Kiljanek, Tomasz; Semeniuk, Stanisław

doi:10.15244/pjoes/41807

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“…A large portion of OCs were developed and used for pest control applications and include such pesticides as aldrin, chlordane, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, mirex and toxaphene. Other notorious OCs including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated dioxins and furans were used in a variety of industrial applications (Niewiadowska et al., ; Sharma, Rosseland, Almvik, & Eklo, ; Simonich & Hites, ). As OCs were predominantly used in agricultural and industrial settings, large quantities of these chemicals entered waterways (lakes, rivers, oceans) through rainwater run‐off, effluent discharge and waste disposal (Lohmann, Breivik, Dachs, & Muir, ; Muir et al., ; Simonich & Hites, ).…”

Section: Food Safety Issues With Recreational Fishing For Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the largest and most prolific groups of chemical contaminants in fish include the organochlorine compounds (OCs), which are synthetic chemicals that have been widely used throughout the world for various agricultural (pest control) and industrial (lubricants and coolants) applications (Bard, ; Mackay & Fraser, ; Niewiadowska, Kiljanek, & Semeniuk, ). OCs are highly problematic in aquatic ecosystems due to their chemical structure and behaviour.…”

Section: Food Safety Issues With Recreational Fishing For Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The nexus of fun and nutrition: Recreational fishing is also about food

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Recreational fishing is a popular activity in aquatic ecosystems around the globe using a variety of gears including rod and line and to a lesser extent handlines, spears, bow and arrow, traps and nets. Similar to the propensity to engage in voluntary catch‐and‐release, the propensity to harvest fishes strongly varies among cultures, locations, species and fisheries. There is a misconception that because recreational fishing happens during non‐work (i.e. leisure) time, the nutritional motivation is negligible; therefore, the role of recreational fishing in supporting nutrition (and thus food security) at regional, national or global scales is underappreciated. We consider the factors that influence whether fish will be harvested or released by examining the motives that underlie recreational fishing. Next, we provide an overview of the magnitude and role of recreational fishing harvest in supporting nutrition using regional case‐studies. Then, we address issues such as contaminants and parasites that constrain the ability of fish harvested by recreational fishers to be consumed. Although recreational fishing is foremost a leisure activity, the harvest of fish for personal consumption by recreational fishers has contributed and will continue to contribute to human nutrition by providing an accessible, affordable and generally highly sustainable food source, notwithstanding concerns about food safety and possibly overfishing. Attempts to better quantify the role of fish harvested by recreational fishers and the relative contribution to overall food security and personal nutrition will provide resource managers and policymakers the information needed to guide management activities and policy development.

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