| Ciguatera Project |
Project Background:
STFA has joined with scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of
Florida, UVI, U. Maryland Baltimore, Schneider Hospital, the Food and Drug Administration
and Florida State University in a 3 year one million dollar project on Ciguatera Fish
Poisoning funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Project background
can be found in the press link(s).
Ciguatera is a naturally ocurring poison which has always been present in the Virgin
Islands. Some background on ciguatera, treatment and possible links to climate change
can be found at the Background link on this page. As the project progresses, more
information will be provided.
If you or someone you know gets poisoned, save any left over fish and contact the
project through their website. Also the website contains a lot of information about
Ciguatera.
Press Links:
12/6/2009 VISource , 12/5/2009 Daily News , 12/3/2010 BBC , smartplanet.com , 12/11/2010
St. Thomas Source ,
Background Articles
Morris, et al., 1982 , Morris, et al., 1982a , Morris, et al., 1983 , Olsen, et al., 1983 ,
Olsen, 1988 , Marine Fisheries Review 48(4) multiple articles , Anderson & Lobel, 1987 ,
Lehane & Lewis, 2000, Llewellyn, 2009 , Friedman, et al. , 2008 , Lewis, 2006 ,
Schwarz, 2008 ,
STFA has joined with scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of
Florida, UVI, U. Maryland Baltimore, Schneider Hospital, the Food and Drug Administration
and Florida State University in a 3 year one million dollar project on Ciguatera Fish
Poisoning funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Project background
can be found in the press link(s).
Ciguatera is a naturally ocurring poison which has always been present in the Virgin
Islands. Some background on ciguatera, treatment and possible links to climate change
can be found at the Background link on this page. As the project progresses, more
information will be provided.
If you or someone you know gets poisoned, save any left over fish and contact the
project through their website. Also the website contains a lot of information about
Ciguatera.
Press Links:
12/6/2009 VISource , 12/5/2009 Daily News , 12/3/2010 BBC , smartplanet.com , 12/11/2010
St. Thomas Source ,
Background Articles
Morris, et al., 1982 , Morris, et al., 1982a , Morris, et al., 1983 , Olsen, et al., 1983 ,
Olsen, 1988 , Marine Fisheries Review 48(4) multiple articles , Anderson & Lobel, 1987 ,
Lehane & Lewis, 2000, Llewellyn, 2009 , Friedman, et al. , 2008 , Lewis, 2006 ,
Schwarz, 2008 ,
Ciguatera project scientists in Smith
Bay learning from the fishermen.
Bay learning from the fishermen.
Ciguatera project scientist
getting a lesson from William
(Starblack) Ferrell.
getting a lesson from William
(Starblack) Ferrell.
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