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Diet. Based on the FDA total diet study of 1982-1984 (Gunderson 1988), FDA estimated that the average intake for total mercury (both inorganic and organic) is 50-100 ng/kg/day. Based on the more recent 1989-1990 FDA total diet study, the estimated intake of total mercury is 27-60 ng/kg/day (Cramer 1994). An estimated 86% of the mercury in the total diet study is derived from fish (Tollefson and Cordle 1986). A separate estimate of the average intake of methylmercury alone, based on a survey of fish eaters and average levels of methylmercury in fish, places the average intake of methylmercury at 36 ng/kg/day, with a 99% upper bound at 243 ng/kg/day (Clarkson 1990). 

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Pressure pellets sink when placed in water, whereas under the proper conditions, floating pellets can be produced through the extmsion process. That is accomphshed when the feed mixture contains high levels of starch that expands and traps air as the cooked pellets leave the barrel of the extmder. This gives the pellets a density of less than 1.0. Eloating pellets are desirable for species that come to the surface to feed since the aquaculturist can visually determine that the fish are actively feeding and can control daily feeding rates based on observed consumption. 

Sodium selenite has also been incorporated into styrene—butadiene mbber and used in a pellet form which results in the slow release of selenium into water. These pellets have been placed in lakes in Sweden which have fish contaminated with mercury owing to high levels of that element in the water. The selenium released by the pellets reacts with mercury to form insoluble, heavy mercury selenide which setties to the lake bottom and removes mercury from the ecosystem (126). 

When cargo ships and fishing boats are involved in accidents, there are vanous measures that have to be carried out to limit the flow of fuel oil into the water. Accidents in harbors and close to shore are treated with great care. Oil booms would be placed around the t cssel to prevent the spread of oil, and skimmers would he brought to the area to collect the oil released to the environment. In extreme cases the fuel oil cargo may be burned when the oil could not be pumped out or when a stranded vessel could not be refloated. 

The tools used to define the geometry and orientation of the fish or junk in the borehole vary from sophisticated downhole televiewers to very simple impression blocks such as that shown in Figure 4-354. The impression block has a soft lead insert in the lower end of its steel housing. The impression block is made up to the end of the fishing drillstring and is lowered to the top of the fish (or junk). A small amount of weight is placed on the impression block, which... 

Figure 4-,356 shows an example of a complex spear fishing tool. Once the spear is inside the fish, rotation to the left will place the grapple in the engaging position. Upward pull will wedge the grapple in the fish. The fishing tool can be released if it becomes necessary to come out of the hole. Bump downward... 

Ajar is a device for providing an impact load to the fish when the fish cannot be retrieved by normal string and derrick forces. There are purely mechanical jars and hydraulic Jars (see the section titled Drilling Bits and Downhole Tools for details on drilling Jars). In a fishing operation the Jar is usually placed... 

Wet products can he pre-cooled in chilled water, or hy the addition of flake ice. Ice is also used with fish and leaf vegetables to help maintain freshness in transit to storage. Leaf vegetables can be cooled by placing them in a vacuum chamber and so evaporating surface water at low pressure. 

Endosulfan does not bioaccumulate to high concentrations in terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems. In aquatic ecosystems, residue levels in fish generally peak within 7 days to 2 weeks of continuous exposure to endosulfan. Maximum bioconcentration factors (BCFs) are usually less than 3,000, and residues are eliminated within 2 weeks of transfer to clean water (NRCC 1975). A maximum BCE of 600 was reported for a-endosulfan in mussel tissue (Ernst 1977). In a similar study, endosulfan, isomers not specified, had a measured BCE of 22.5 in mussel tissue (Roberts 1972). Tissue concentrations of a-endosulfan fell rapidly upon transfer of the organisms to fresh seawater for example, a depuration half-life of 34 hours (Ernst 1977). Higher BCFs were reported for whole-body and edible tissues of striped mullet (maximum BCF=2,755) after 28 days of exposure to endosulfan in seawater (Schimmel et al. 1977). However, tissue concentrations decreased to undetectable levels 48 hours after the organisms were transferred to uncontaminated seawater. Similarly, a BCE of 2,650 was obtained for zebra fish exposed to 0.3 pg/L of endosulfan for 21 days in a flow-through aquarium (Toledo and Jonsson 1992). It was noted that endosulfan depuration by fish was rapid, with approximately 81% total endosulfan eliminated within 120 hours when the fish were placed in a tank of water containing no endosulfan. 

Figure 1. Diagram of the venom duct of Conus. The venom is produced in the venom duct, apparently expelled from the duct into the proboscis by contraction of the venom bulb. Simultaneously, a harpoon-like tooth is transferred from the radula sac to the proboscis. When injection takes place, the venom is pushed through the hollow tooth and flows into the prey through a hole at the tip of the tooth. Typically, fish-hunting cones will strike at a fish only once and grasp the tooth after injection has occurred, effectively harpooning their prey while injecting the paralytic venom. In contrast, snail-hunting cones will usually sting their prey several times before total paralysis occurs. (Reprinted with permission from the Second Revised Edition of Ref. 8. Copyright 1988 Darwin Press, Inc.)...

C12-0095. One of the earliest methods of preserving fish was by salting. Explain what happens when fish is placed in concentrated salt solution. 

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