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This research project aimed to determine the concentrations of zinc and trace metals in commercially caught species of shellfish in the area surrounding the wreck of the MV Jambo .
Study Duration : October 2003 to February 2004
Contractor : Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory
The MV Jambo grounded on rocks off the Summer Isles in June 2003. As part of the monitoring programme following the cessation of the recovery of the zinc sulphide cargo from the MV Jambo , samples of scallops and the edible crab from sites around the Summer Isles were collected over the period October 2003 to January 2004.
The objective of this study was to determine the concentrations of zinc and trace metals associated with the cargo in commercially caught species of shellfish in the area surrounding the wreck. The information from this programme is being used to advise FSAS of the risk to the human food chain from this incident.
The project's results and the means by which these results have been communicated.
In continuation of the Jambo monitoring programme, samples of scallops representative of near, remote, regional and offshore sites were collected. Edible crabs were collected from near, north and south of the wreck site and from offshore (NM12) as a reference site. Trace metal concentrations were determined in whole tissue and gonad in scallops and in white and brown meat from crabs.
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