Watch: Mercury in Lavaca Bay
Ver: El Mercurio en la Bahía de Lavaca
Could plans to deepen and widen the Matagorda Bay Ship Channel stir up mercury in the Alcoa Superfund site?
WHEN: August 22, 2024 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Bauer Community Center, 2300 TX-35, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Lavaca Bay and Matagorda Bay are home to several commercial and recreational fish and shellfish species. However, due to the discharge of mercury into Lavaca Bay by Alcoa in the 1960s and 70s, part of the bay is closed to fishing.
A proposed dredging project to widen and deepen the Matagorda ship channel could release mercury back into the bay, threatening our wildlife, commercial and recreational fisheries, tourism, and human health.
Join San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper for a presentation on mercury research being conducted in Lavaca Bay by marine toxicologist Dr. Jessica Dutton, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University.
You will learn about mercury concentrations in sediment, fishes, and shellfishes in the Superfund site and how they compare to other areas of the Matagorda Bay system. Panelists will also discuss the potential impacts of the proposed dredging project.
This free presentation will be held at 6:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:00 p.m., at the Bauer Community Center, 2300 TX-35, Port Lavaca, TX 77979.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Spanish and Vietnamese.
Watch the event LIVE at: http://www.sanantoniobaywaterkeeper.org/mercury.
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