Pollution from fishmeal plant discharge at Mukka beach, north of Mangalore

Abstract

Effluents from various industries are major source of pollutants in the coastal areas. The type and pollution and the impact magnitude of on coastal environment depends on the physical and chemical characteristics of the effluent, the mode of discharge and the hydrodynamics of the receiving body. While several chemical manufacturing industries produce toxic effluents which need special treatment and disposal, the process wastewater from fish/food processing units have high organic content which can be removed by simple methods