DSW: Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory

Last Updated:Thursday, 28-Feb-2008 14:26:52 EST

Welcome to the Ohio Sport Fish Health Advisory Web Site

Here you will find information on fish consumption advisories issued by the Ohio Department of Health for sport fish caught in Ohio waters. The Department of Health, in cooperation with Ohio EPA and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, issues this advice under Ohio law (Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3701).

This Web site was updated with new advisory information on February 29, 2008.

2008 Updates

News Release

Publications

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Fish is good for you! Eat fish low in contaminants (PDF 80K, 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, 2 pages). This publication contains important advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are pregnant, nursing mothers and young children and is available in four languages.
English Español (Spanish) (Chinese) (Korean)
2008 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory (33 pages). This publication is a printer-friendly version of most of the information on the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory Web site.

Advisory Web Pages

Overall advice
Statewide fish consumption advisories
Waterbody-specific fish consumption advisories
Other types of advisories - swimming, eating turtle meat

Additional Information

Contact Us

Call:	Ohio Department of Health (800) 755-4769	or	Ohio EPA Public Interest Center (614) 644-2160
Write:	fishmail@epa.state.oh.us	or	Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water Standards and Technical Support Section P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43216-1049

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Last Updated:Thursday, 28-Feb-2008 14:26:52 EST

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