• 2011 Updates

• News Release [PDF 54K]

Grand Lake St. Marys Note:  The “do not eat” fish consumption advisory for Grand Lake St. Marys has been removed after an analysis showed no microcystin in fish filets from samples collected in the lake last fall.

The usual Ohio fish consumption advisory for Grand Lake St. Marys (which is NOT based on algal toxin analysis) states that largemouth bass, sunfish and yellow perch from the lake are safe to eat twice per week; meals of all other species should be limited to one per week due to mercury contamination.

More information about microcystin in Grand Lake St. Marys is on the Grand Lake St. Marys Toxic Algae page.

Publications

• Fish is good for you!  Eat fish low in contaminants [PDF 81K, 1 page]. If you sell fishing licenses and would like free color copies of this publication to distribute to anglers, please contact us.
   
• Fish for Your Health [PDF 193-251K, 2 pages]. This publication contains important advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers and young children. It is available in four languages.
         English       Español (Spanish)       (Chinese)       (Korean)
• 2011 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory [30 pages]. This publication is a printer-friendly version of most of the information on the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory website.

Advisory Web Pages

• Overall advice
• Statewide fish consumption advisories
• Waterbody-specific fish consumption advisories
  • View by waterbody name
  • View by waterbody location on a map
• Other types of advisories - swimming, eating turtle meat

Additional Information

• Questions & answers
• Trimming and cooking tips
• Common Ohio sport fish
• Lakes and streams sampled for fish contamination
• Overview of Ohio's sport fish tissue monitoring program
• Links to related sites

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