State Of Ohio EPA Posts 2006 Fish Advisory Updates

epa.state.oh.us, Feb 03, 2006

A statewide advisory recommending a limit of one Ohio-caught sports fish meal per week continues for all Ohio water bodies due to mercury deposition in waterways, except in areas where there is a more restrictive advisory. The results of the latest advisories come from Ohio EPA's 2004 fish tissue sampling and evaluation.

A record number of samples were taken in 2004 after sampling was cut short in 2003 due to inclement weather.

• This year, Ohio EPA has added 12 locations to the list of places where fish should be eaten no more frequently than once a month due to mercury. They include:
  
  
  Dow Lake (Athens County) - largemouth bass;
  Four Mile Creek (Butler County) - smallmouth bass 17 inches and over;
  Grand River (Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties) - rock bass;
  Hocking River (Hocking and Athens counties) - walleye and spotted bass 13 inches and over;
  Killdeer Pond #30 (Wyandot County) - largemouth bass;
  Ross Lake (Ross County) - channel catfish 20 inches and over;
  Schoonover Lake (Allen County) - largemouth bass;
  Scioto River (Delaware, Hardin and Marion counties) - white crappie 11 inches and over;
  Sevenmile Creek (Butler County) - rock bass;
  St. Joseph Lake (Perry County) - largemouth bass;
  Stillwater River (Darke, Miami and Montgomery counties) - rock bass 8 inches and over and largemouth bass 13 inches and over; and
  Tuscarawas River (Coshocton, Stark, Summit and Tuscarawas counties) - northern pike 25 inches and over, and freshwater drum.
  Twin Creek (Montgomery, Preble, Warren counties) - smallmouth bass 13 inches and over.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

There are four new locations where fish should be eaten no more than once a month due to elevated PCB levels. They include: