Thursday, February 10, 2000
Area rivers' game fish included on eating advisory
BY BEN L. KAUFMAN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
New warnings about game fish from the Mad, Great Miami and Little Miami rivers are among the eating advisories issued Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Health.
Based on 605 fish tissue samples studied by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the advisory is calculated for those people officials say are the “most sensitive” diners: fertile women and children under age 6.
Anglers should not eat more than one monthly meal — 8 ounces uncooked — of Mad River largemouth bass. The same is true for channel and flathead catfish from the Little Miami's East Fork.
From the Great Miami upstream of Ohio 73 near Middletown to Indian Lake, saugeye should be limited to a weekly meal and common carp to once a month.
Downstream of Ohio 73 to the Ohio River, Great Miami channel cats, freshwater drum and smallmouth buffalo should not be eaten more than monthly and common carp, flathead cats and striped bass should be limited to one, 8-ounce, bimonthly meal.
On those three rivers, the only “don't eat” is for Great Miami suckers from Dayton to the Ohio River.
Other don't-eats include common carp and channel cats 17 inches and longer from the Ohio River and any from Dick's Creek from Middletown to the Great Miami.
Contaminants include lead, mercury and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).
For copies of the entire advisory, contact ODH at www.odh.state.oh.us or call (800) 755-4769.
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