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Eating Safe Fish

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The following links provide information about eating sport caught fish from Wisconsin lakes, streams, and rivers. 

PCB Information:

Publications:

Front cover image from May 2007 Protocol for Mercury-based Fish Consumption Advice

Great Lakes Fish Advisory Workgroup

 

A Protocol for Mercury-based Fish Consumption Advice 

(PDF, 184 KB)

 

An addendum to the 

1993 “Protocol for a Uniform Great Lakes Sport Fish Consumption Advisory” 

May 2007

 

State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration, Division of Energy

Environmental Research Program, Final Report 

August 2005

Population-Based Methylmercury Exposure Assessment 

 

Prepared by: Lynda Knobeloch, PhD, Senior Toxicologist and Henry Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, both from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

(Exit DHFS, PDF format, 21 pages)

 

Picture of Fox River fish advisory

Fish Consumption Advisory (for PCBs) on the Lower Fox River and Green Bay

 

Available in:

English (PDF, 206KB)

 

Fish Consumption Advisory Signs 
for the Lower Fox River

(Translated in English, Spanish and Hmong)

Little Lake Buttes Des Mortes to Depere Dam

(PDF, 225KB)

Depere Dam to Mouth of Lower Fox River

(PDF, 223KB)

Green Bay


(PDF, 230KB)

 Picture of the Fox Fish Adisory from Little Lake Buttes Des Mortes to the DePere Dam

Picture of the Fox Fish Advisory for the DePere Dam to the Mouth of the Lower Fox River.

  Picture of the Green Bay Fish Advisory

 

Picture of Mercury Brochure in English

A Family Guide to Eating Fish from Wisconsin

Brochure in PDF format that summarizes the Wisconsin mercury fish consumption advisory.

Available in:

English (PDF, 210KB)  Spanish (PDF, 461KB)      Hmong (PDF, 436KB)

 

Notepad Flyer: What women of childbearing age should know about eating fish

What women of childbearing age should know about eating fish

Notepad-size flyers in PDF format which summarize fish consumption advisory information.

Available in:

English (PDF, 137KB) Spanish  (PDF, 83KB) Hmong (PDF, 93KB)

Other Agencies' Fish Advisories:

Other Fish Information:

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Last revised: October 24, 2008