Benefit-risk assessment of fish and related policy options
These pages were created to enable comprehensive understanding on bio-socio-economic issues related to fish consumption by humans with a strong emphasis layd on human health implications. We focus on gathering information on policies of fisheries management and human health consequences attributable to fish consumption to finally reach a state of comprehension where an integrated benefit-risk asessment of fish consumption can be done by taking account all the relevat societal and economical motivations yet not leaving aside any ecological implications that are concluded as being relevant.
We invite anyone concerned with the above mentioned issues to contribute to the development of these pages by participating to discussions in the discussion page (discussion tab is located next to article tab at the top of this page). These pages and maintained by (firstname.surname@ktl.fi):
- Karjalainen, Anna (Ph.D., ecotoxicologist)
- Leino, Olli (M.Sc. Techn)
- Tuomisto, Jouni (MD, epidemiologist and responsible researcher)
Policies for fishing and fishery
Here is a list of different ways for controlling health effects due to fish consumption:
- Setting maximum concentration for dioxins found in fish
-- Commission regulation (EC) No 199/2006)
-- Council Regulation (EC) No 2375/2001 of November 2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs
- National maximum limits for methyl mercury found in fish
-- 1 mg/kg set by EU
-- National limits for particular species?
- Consumption advirories and recommendations
- Directing and steering fishing (kalastuksen ohjaus)
- Steering institutional kitchen
- Regional restrictions and limitations for fishing
- Financial support to aquaculture
- Imposing duty on dumping of fish (polkumyyntitulli)
Health consequences attributable to fish consumption
under construction...
Materials and referencies
Projects, models, publications etc. related to topic.
- http://heande.pyrkilo.fi/heande/images/2/28/RBA_fish.ANA
- http://www.ktl.fi/portal/english/osiot/research,_people___programs/environmental_health/research/health_risk_analysis/research_projects/pmvsdioxin/
- Beneris: Benefit-risk assessment of food:value of information analysis. A project coordinated by KTL (Tuomisto, JT) link title| Beneris
- Taino, M. xxxx. Value of information analysis: review. here