Appendix E: Field Scientist Report 



EL SALVADOR 



Puerto La Uni6n (06/29/92). Puerto La Uni6n is located about 200 km from San Salvador on 

 the Gulf of Fonseca. At this site, duplicate samples {Anadara tuberculosa) were collected from 2 

 stations. Stations 1 and 2 are located about 500 and 100 meters to the north of Hotel "El Pelicano" 

 in Canton Huisquil, respectively. Canton Huisquil is located 3 km to the north of Puerto La 

 Uni6n. Access to the sampling site is by car/bus from San Salvador. Samples were collected with 

 the help of local people. 



Contamination:: This area of El Salvador was, before the internal war, an important cotton- 

 producing area. Presently, most of the cotton fields are lost Except for a few com fields, no 

 much agricultural activity is observed in the area. No obvious sources of contamination were 

 observed in Puerto La Uni6n other than domestic effluents. 



Puerto La Libertad (06/30/92). Puerto La Libertad is located on the Pacific coast about 35 km 

 from San Salvador. At this site, duplicate samples were collected from one station with the help of 

 a local diver. The station is located in front of the local cemetery about 500 meters to the west of 

 the main fishing pier. Access to the sampling site is by car/bus from San Salvador. 

 Contamination:: Domestic effluents. Fishing activities. A small river discharges near the 

 sampling area. 

 BELIZE 



Belize City (07/02/92). Sampling site is located within the city limits. Samples (Crassostrea 

 rizhophorae) were collected from the rocks along the shore in front of the Embassy of Mexico. 

 The site is located about 500 meters to the north of the mouth of the Haulover river which runs 

 through the city. Oysters were difficult to find. 



Contamination: The most obvious source of contamination is the Haulover river. Domestic 

 effluents. Heavy boating activities was observed in the river, e.g., fishing, transport. 

 HONDURAS 



La Ceiba (07/04/92). La Ceiba replaced Trujillo on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. The 

 sampling site is located about 1 km to the east of the restaurant "El Piloto" near the construction site 

 of the new port of La Ceiba. Duplicate samples were collected from one station. 

 Contamination:: No sources of contamination were observed in the area. At the time of sampling 

 there was a confrontation between the Standard Fruit Company (SFC), who does most of the fruit 

 processing in (and shipping from) Honduras, and the city of La Ceiba because of reports on the 

 use of banned pesticides (e.g. lindane and DDT) by the SFC in the area. Apparently, laboratories 

 in Tegucigalpa had detected pesticide residues in fruit samples. 



San Lorenzo (07/06/92). The second sampling site on the Gulf of Fonseca, San Lorenzo is 

 located 2.5 h. from Tegucigalpa by bus. Samples {Anadara similis and Anadara tuberculosa) were 

 collected from 2 stations located in an area with mangroves. Access to the sampling site is by boat. 



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