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Work group outlines tribally centered fish-consumption app; public draft expected in July
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Summary
The monitoring council’s safety work group heard an update on a tribally centered web application to communicate fish-consumption guidance using tissue data (mercury and PCBs). Phase 1 funding runs through March 2027; a public draft is planned for July and version 1 by early 2027 if more funding is secured.
Anna Holder, co-chair of the safety work group, updated attendees on a tribally centered fish-consumption web application the work group is developing with the San Francisco Estuary Institute and OEHHA.
Holder said the project intends to center tribal advisory-committee input and cultural context while making a public-facing application that other communities can use. "We're centering the needs of California tribal users as partners in developing the application although it'll be publicly accessible," she said.
The current scope prioritizes fish tissue data that include mercury and PCB analyses available in CDN because that is where most tissue data already exist, Holder said. The initial phase of work is funded for April 2025 through March 2027; Holder said the core team hopes to publish a public draft in July and to release a version 1 between January and March 2027 if additional funding is secured.
Holder emphasized privacy and tribal preferences for sensitive location data: "We're not retaining any sensitive information... by design because that sensitive information our tribal advisory committee said we don't want you to have access to it, so we're not," she said. The team plans a tribal advisory committee for co-creation and a tech-focused subgroup for detailed feedback.
Possible future additions include shellfish, PFAS and cooking-method guidance; Holder said these would depend on funding and availability of appropriate data. The work group will circulate a link to the public draft when available and host a demo in October.
