Tissue Sampling. All live or dead sea turtles captured by relocation trawling or dredging must be tissue-sampled prior to release, according to the protocols described in Appendix II or Appendix III of the November 19, 2003, Gulf of Mexico Regional Biological Opinion on Xxxxxx Dredging, as revised through Revision No. 2, included as Appendix 1 of the NMFS biological opinion entitled “Lease of Borrow Area T1 to the Xxxxxxx County Parks and Recreation Department for the Xxxxxxx County Beach Renourishment Project (Consultation Number SER-2012-9274)”. Tissue samples must be sent within 60 days of capture to: NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Attn:Xxxx Xxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. All data collected must be submitted in electronic format within 60 working days to Xxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx. The NMFS biological opinion entitled “Lease of Borrow Area T1 to the Xxxxxxx County Parks and Recreation Department for the Xxxxxxx County Beach Renourishment Project (Consultation Number SER-2012-9274)” serves as the permitting authority for any NMFS-approved endangered species observers aboard relocation trawlers or xxxxxx dredges to tissue sample live- or dead-captured sea turtles, without the need for an ESA Section 10 permit.
Tissue Sampling. All live or dead sea turtles captured by relocation trawling or dredging shall be tissue-sampled prior to release, according to the protocols described in Appendix II or Appendix III of the November 19, 2003, Gulf of Mexico Regional Biological Opinion on Xxxxxx Dredging, as revised through Revision No. 2, included as Appendix 1 of the Biological Opinion. Tissue samples shall be sent within 60 days of capture to: NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Attn:Xxxx Xxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. All data collected shall be submitted in electronic format within 60 working days to Xxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx. The present opinion to BOEM serves as the permitting authority for any NMFS-approved endangered species observers aboard relocation trawlers or xxxxxx dredges to tissue sample live- or dead-captured sea turtles, without the need for an ESA Section 10 permit.
Tissue Sampling. During 2009, public health monitoring will include sampling of yellow perch from Copco and Iron Gate Reservoirs, and mussel sampling from locations on the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam. Sampling conducted in the summer of 2007, with analysis by CDFG using LC/MS/MS, found levels of microcystin in mussels collected in the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam, and in fish tissue (yellow perch) collected from Copco and Iron Gate reservoirs, exceeding the advisory level of 26 ng total microcystin/gram tissue, developed by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (letter dated August 6, 2008, to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, PacifiCorp from OEHHA). In 2008, PacifiCorp collected yellow perch and crappie samples from Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs, and rainbow trout from the Klamath River above Copco Reservoir and below Iron Gate dam prior to, during, and after the algal bloom season. Tissue samples were analyzed by Xx. Xxxx Xxxxx, University of Syracuse, New York, using HPLC with UV detection. Fish tissue samples collected in May, July, and September 2008 were below detection for total free microcystins (Xxxxxxx 2009) PacifiCorp also collected mussel samples below Iron Gate dam during the November 2008. A final report for these samples is expected by June 2009. Exposures to microcystins are possible from ingestion of fish (e.g., caught during recreational fishing in the reservoirs), or consumption of freshwater mussels collected from the Klamath River. Mussels from the Klamath River are part of the traditional diet of tribal people. Additionally, mussels as filter feeders may be sensitive indicators of cyanobacteria levels and toxin levels in ambient water and food sources.
