Anti-fouling Paint Toxins
Anti-fouling paints used on thousands of New Zealand yachts are causing gross deformities in shellfish and killing shellfish spat around boat harbours — just as they have overseas. The Ministry for the Environment's Pollution Directorate is investigating the problems caused by these paints. To date the shellfish deformities have been found in oysters at Halfmoon Bay Marina in Auckland's Tamaki River. At hearings in Kerikeri oyster farmers voiced concern about anti-fouling paints from the nowdisallowed Blacksmiths Bay marina. These paints are banned in Britain and France. A ban on all organotin anti-fouling compounds must also be implemented in New Zealand to protect our natural and commercial shell fisheries.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 November 1987, Page 9
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110Anti-fouling Paint Toxins Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 November 1987, Page 9
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