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State of California-Health and Human Services Agency
Department of Health Services
ARNOLD SCHW ARZENEGGER
Governor
SANDRA SHEWRY
DirectQr
November 8, 2004
Dave Colpo, Senior Program Manager
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
205 SE Spokane St, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97202-6413
Dear Mr. Colpo:
The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) has completed analysis of
Dungeness crab samples obtained November 1 3, 2004 during the "2004 Northern
California Dungeness Crab Quality Test." Dungeness crab harvested from the following
six locations, Pelican Bay, Eel River, Eureka Louisiana Pacific, Trinidad Head, Lagoons,
and Klamath River, were determined to be below the regulatol)' action level (30 ppm)
for domoic acid.
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CDHS would like to acknowledge and thank the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission, Caito Fisheries, and California Fish and Game for their assistance in
obtaining samples for analysis. CDHS will continue to monitor Dungeness crab
samples from the coast of California for elevated levels of domoic acid and will advise
industry when analyses are completed.
If you have any additional questions, please contact me at (916) 650-6500.
Sincerely,
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Michael F. Hernandez, Chief
Seafood Safety Unit
Food and Drug Branch
cc: Eric Larson, California Fish and Game
Food and Drug Branch, MS 7602, P.O. Box 997413, Sacramento, CA, 95899-7413
(916) 650-6500
Internet Address: www.dhs.ca.QOV
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