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Mercury risk negligible
Mercury in fish, a ( problem which has reached frightening proportions in some highly i industrialised parts of, the world, does not ap- ( >ear to be a significant risk in New Zealand. ' According to a report on ,
studies by Ministry of Agri-. ■ culture and Fisheries scien-i ists. mercury levels in New • Zealand snapper averaged ).25 parts per million—about ' talf the level allowable in i other countries. The Ministry's findings ally with those of a numberi i of other independent investigations in New’ Zealand. The report says mercury n local snapper comes almost . entirely from natural sources rather than from industrial xtllution. Mercury levels were heaviest in fish taken from areas; gelose to geothermal activity; —such as the Bay of Plenty, i Older fish recorded relatively higher mercury levels,! but these represent a diminishing proportion of the total catch. Since New Zealanders eat; a lot less fish than people of i many other countries, scien-l tists say the risk of mercury poisoning in New Zealand is negligible. ARRIVALS ’’•-iirnti-s <6.46 a.m.i, 9387. Capt R Pugh-Williams, Welling-1 tun (L.S.b.j.
Union Sydney <M4 a.m.). 4752, Capt. A. Dodds. Wellington i i u.s.s.). DEPARTURES Erne (6.2 u a.m.), 13,728. Capt. ■D. Morrison. Marsden Point IfU.S.S.). I Union Sydney (7.26 p.m.), 4752, Capt. A. Dodds, Dunedin (U.S.S.). Rangatira (8.7 p.m.), 9387, 'Capt. R. Pugh-Williams. Wellington (U.S.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS
Timaru Star, Auckland. March 18. Union Auckland. Auckland.. March 18. Union Svdnev. Dunedin. March 18. Post Champion March 18. Viminale. Wellington. March 18. Conastaga. March 19 Podgora. Auckland. March 19. British Pal. March 20. Beatrice. March 21 Straat Cumberland. Wellington, March 21. Shun Oh. March 22 PROJECTED DEPARTURES Iberic. Gisborne, today. ; Coastal Trader. Auckland today Straat Agulhas, Auckland. March I 18. Frysna. March 18. . Union Sydney, Sydney. March 18 ; I Main Lloyd. March 19. ’ Continental Pioneer. Bluff. March 20. . Eastern Saga, March 20. Cedric March 21. 'Union Auckland. Wellington. March 22. VESSELS IN PORT I Straat Agulhas, Cashin Quay No. 1- ; Cedric, Cashin Quay No. 2. • Kikusai Marti No. 21, G.P.E. : i Eastern Saga, G.P.E. . Main Lloyd, No. 1 Breastwork . Continental Pioneer. No. 2 East ' i’■'rysna, No. 3 East. > Iberic. No. 3 West. Teraaka. No. 4 East. Westport, No. 4 West ■lames Cook, No. 5 East. Holmdaie, graving dock. ■iKonpiro Maiu No. 12, Cattle 1 Jetty.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34104, 17 March 1976, Page 26
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