Effects of post-event event effluent on sea fishing

[Geordie_Rob]

(1 October 2013, 16:12)Grumpy Grandpa Wrote: In my own situation, I may be limited to the shoreline - beach casting and collecting shellfish. It's the shellfish that concern me most, I think. They're susceptible to algal blooms for example, aren't they? During such times do they not become a wee bit dangerous to eat?

As for effluent, I never did get round to studying shit in detail but surely there must be some toxins or other unpleasantness involved that could be retained by shellfish?

I suppose it's the uncertainty that's the real problem...

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Doh! (Best Homer voice again.) Environmental Health Officer...

My thoughts would be avoid the shellfish unless a last resort. If after an initial "messy" period has passed, I would go against traditional advice & only go for the smaller ones that haven't been alive as long to suck up the shite. Avoid estuary areas & only collect from the open seashore.