TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers gave final approval
Monday to measures limiting the amount of pollution-causing
nutrients entering Barnegat Bay, upgrading storm basins in the
region and requiring contractors to restore soil to its original
condition once work is done. A Temuka fisherman believes health
warnings on the Opihi River should extend to the fishery. Health
authorities issued warnings last week after algal bloom was
found in the Opihi and Pareora rivers. Water surveys found
moderate levels of the potentially toxic blue-green algae
Phormidium, which is accumulating along the river edges. The
government recently adopted various measures to improve the
nation's sewage treatment system in order to solve a growing
water pollution problem. Harmful algal blooms (HAB), lethal for
human beings and marine ecosystems alike, are steadily
increasing in intensity in the Indian waters. Researchers have
found out that the toxic blooms had increased by around 15 per
cent over the last 12 years in Indian sea