The waters around the island are very clean but in the harbor at certain times of the year they are very polluted because off run off through the city and old pipes that leak into the harbor, if you look at the water it looks as clear as can be, but when they test it they find it's what can't be seen thats dangerous...especially when sewage leaks happen..YUM :wink:
not suprised about #1,#6,#8 but avalon never would have thought like other have said.
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You've got a lot of activity in that harbor with all the ferries going coming from mainland over and all the yachts and boats in that harbor and additionally all those businesses that front the the beach would contribute to the pollutants that's found in the water.. so no surprise there.
Originally Posted by Sea Murda
Plus you've got some of the boats in the harbor illegally dumping their waste.
One thing to keep in mind with heal the Bays reports... These beaches get bad grades because we have coliform bacteria data for the beaches and storm drains. California has more stringent water quality sampling than any other state.
One reason we rank the worst, because many other areas simply don't have the data to be ranked at all. Also some sampling occurs directly in front of outfalls in some cities, some sampling occurs farther down the beach.
This doesn't really apply to the quality of fish either. It's simply a preventative measure for human contact with bacteria.
As far as fish go, bacteria levels in the surf directly in front of a storm drain pose little risk to fish and human consumption of said fish. What you need to worry about are fish caught in nearly-enclosed bays with heavy industrial use, shipyards, and a history lots of boats with toxic bottom paint. Think south San Diego Bay (which has been ranked the worst when it comes to metals and toxicity) as an example.
If it's in a bay... I won't eat it. but Avalon? No prob.
Yum, serve me up them halibut from the beach!
Hell i still eat the fish. *shrug*
Lol. Im still wondering how seal beach or newport beach arent on this list.
L.A. County thing.
As a proud citizen of Iowa by the Sea (Long Beach), i need to say they are off. If you go here
http://http://www.longbeach.gov/heal...amples.asp
, you will see not all beaches in the LBC are dirty. 55th is almost always fairly clean. This website is updated weekly and is a good LBC resource. All because of Mothers Beach and some PCB filled croakers and some syringes and coney Island whitefish, LBC gets a bad name. :cry:
What I love about this report is that the Southbay is not on the list.
That's KEWL 8)
Glad to see that Corona (without the del Mar) is not on the bummer list. On a more serious note, I'm glad the northern OC coast had A's in dry weather. When I can, I usually fish North OC. To my fellow IE residents, keep up the good work picking up after your pets.
BTW, does this mean that when I'm in the surf, I can still do #1s, but #2s are not an option?
bflf, #1 not 2
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