Fish Consumption Advisories Your Guide

1 Your Guide To EatingFish CaughtIn Florida March 2018 fish Consumption Advisoriesare published periodically by theState of Florida to alert consumersabout the possibility of chemicallycontaminated fish in Florida waters. The Advisories are meant to informthe public of potential health risksof specific fish species from specificwater Department of HealthPrepared in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection andAgriculture and Consumer Services, and the Florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission2018 Florida fish Advisories Table 1: Eating Guidelines for Fresh water fish from Florida Waters (based on mercury levels)page 1-50 Table 2: Eating Guidelines for Marine and Estuarine fish from Florida Waters (based on mercury levels) page 51-52 Table 3.

2 Eating Guidelines for species from Florida Waters with Heavy Metals (other than mercury), Dioxin, Pesticides, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), or SaxitoxinContamination page 53-54 Women ofAll otherchildbearingindividualsage, young childrenNUMBER OF MEALS*NUMBER OF MEALS*Aerojet Canal [see Canal C-111]Miami-DadeSpotted sunfish One per week Two per week BluegillOne per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bass One per month One per week Spotted bullhead catfishOne per weekTwo per weekWhite catfishOne per weekTwo per weekRedbreast sunfishOne per month Two per week Spotted sunfishOne per month Two per week Redear sunfishOne per month Two per week Brown bullhead catfishOne per month One per week BluegillOne per month One per week Largemouth bass One per month One per week Channel catfish One per month One per week Mayan cichlidOne per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfish One per monthTwo per weekButterfly peacock bassOne per monthTwo per weekOscarOne per monthOne per weekSpotted sunfishOne per monthOne per weekBluegillOne per

3 MonthOne per weekYellow bullhead catfishOne per month One per month WarmouthOne per month One per month Largemouth bassOne per month One per month BluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekWarmouthTwo per weekTwo per weekBrown bullhead catfishTwo per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfish One per weekTwo per week BluegillOne per month Two per week Channel catfish One per month Two per week Black crappie One per month One per month Largemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month Anclote River Pasco Largemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month Table 1. Eating Guidelines for Freshwater fish from Florida WatersLOCATIONCOUNTYSPECIESA lafia River Hillsborough, Polk Alligator Lake Osceola Alligator Alley (I-75) CanalsBrowardAlapaha River Hamilton Alligator LakeColumbia1 Women ofAll otherchildbearingindividualsage, young childrenNUMBER OF MEALS*NUMBER OF MEALS*Table 1.

4 Eating Guidelines for Freshwater fish from Florida WatersLOCATIONCOUNTYSPECIESBlue catfishTwo per weekTwo per weekChannel catfishTwo per weekTwo per weekBluegillOne per weekTwo per week Redbreast sunfishOne per weekTwo per week Redear sunfishOne per weekTwo per week Spotted sunfishOne per weekTwo per week Flathead catfishOne per month One per week Largemouth bassOne per month One per week Striped bassOne per month One per week Redbreast sunfish One per month Two per week Largemouth bassOne per month One per month Spotted sunfish One per month One per month Black crappieTwo per week Two per week BluegillTwo per week Two per week Blue tilapia Two per week Two per week Redear sunfish One per weekTwo per week Largemouth bass One per week Two per week Barron River Collier Largemouth bassOne per month Two per week BluegillOne per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per weekBluegillTwo per weekTwo per week Redear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per week Largemouth bassOne per month One per week Redear sunfish One per week Two per week Bluegill One per week One per week Largemouth bass One per month One per month BluegillTwo per week Two per week Redear sunfish Two per week Two per week Largemouth bass One per month Two per weekWarmouth One per month One per month Largemouth bassDO NOT EATOne per month BluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekBlack crappieOne per monthOne per

5 WeekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per weekBluegillOne per monthTwo per weekRedbreast sunfishOne per monthOne per weekRedear sunfishOne per monthOne per weekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per monthBig Sand Lake (see advisory in Table 3 for lead [Pb])OrangeBlack Creek (South Fork)Clay Aucilla River Jefferson, Madison, Taylor Big Cypress Preserve Collier Bear Lake fish Management AreaSanta RosaBear Lake Orange Bethel Lake Volusia Banana Lake Polk Basin BayouWaltonApalachicola River [see separate advisory for Lake Seminole] Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty 2 Women ofAll otherchildbearingindividualsage, young childrenNUMBER OF MEALS*NUMBER OF MEALS*Table 1. Eating Guidelines for Freshwater fish from Florida WatersLOCATIONCOUNTYSPECIESB lack Creek Canal (C-1)

6 BluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekMayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfish Two per weekTwo per weekButterfly peacock bassOne per weekTwo per weekSpotted sunfishOne per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per weekTwo per weekWhite catfishTwo per weekTwo per weekBluegillOne per monthTwo per weekRedbreast sunfishOne per monthTwo per weekSpotted sunfishOne per monthOne per weekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per monthBluegill One per week Two per week Longear sunfishOne per month Two per week Redear sunfishOne per month Two per week Spotted sunfishOne per month One per week Warmouth One per month One per week Chain pickerelOne per month One per month Shadow bassOne per month One per month Largemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month Bluegill One per week Two per week Redear sunfishOne per week Two per week White catfish One per month Two per week Black crappieOne per month One per month Largemouth bassOne per month One per month Bonnet Lake Polk Largemouth bass One per month Two per week Bluegill One per month One per week Warmouth One per month One per month Largemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month Chain pickerel DO NOT EATDO NOT EATR edear sunfish One per week Two per week Bluegill One per month One per week Largemouth bassDO NOT EATOne per month Bulow CreekFlaglerBluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekBluegillOne per week Two per week Redear sunfish One per week Two per week Black crappieOne per month Two per week Chain

7 PickerelOne per month One per week Largemouth bass One per month One per month Blackwater CreekLakeMiami-Dade Blackwater River and tributaries (including Alligator Creek, Big Coldwater Creek, Big Juniper Creek, and Sweetwater Creek) Okaloosa, Santa Rosa Brick Lake Osceola Buck Lake Brevard Butler Lake Chain (including Lakes Bessie, Butler, Chase, Down, Little fish , Louise, Palmer, Pocket, Sheen, and Tibet) Orange Blue Cypress Lake Indian River 3 Women ofAll otherchildbearingindividualsage, young childrenNUMBER OF MEALS*NUMBER OF MEALS*Table 1. Eating Guidelines for Freshwater fish from Florida WatersLOCATIONCOUNTYSPECIESB luegillTwo per weekTwo per weekBlue tilapiaTwo per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per weekC-13 CanalBrowardBullseye snakeheadOne per weekTwo per weekC-14 Canal [see Cypress Creek Canal System]BrowardBluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekMayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfish Two per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per month One per week C-17 Canal [see Earman River Canal System]

8 Palm BeachBlue tilapiaTwo per weekTwo per week Mayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per week Redear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per week BluegillOne per weekTwo per weekChannel catfishOne per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per weekTwo per weekC-51 Canal (West Palm Beach Canal)Palm BeachBluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassTwo per weekTwo per weekMayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekC-100 Canal [see Cutler Drain Canal System]Miami-DadeRedear sunfish One per week Two per week BluegillOne per monthTwo per weekMayan cichlid One per month One per weekLargemouth bass One per month One per week Caloosa fish Palm BeachChannel catfishTwo per weekTwo per weekManagement AreaMayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per weekMayan cichlidTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekBluegillOne per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bass One per month One per weekChassahowitzka River Citrus Largemouth bass One per month One per month Redear sunfish Two per week Two per week Black crappieOne per weekTwo per weekBluegillTwo per weekTwo per week Brown bullhead catfishOne per month One per week Largemouth bassOne per monthOne per monthC-44 Canal (St.)

9 Lucie Canal) Martin Cherry Lake Lake C-111 Canal (Aerojet Canal) Miami-Dade Caloosahatchee River and tributaries (including Lake Hicpochee)Glades, Hendry, Lee C-16 Canal (Boynton Canal) Bystre LakeHernando4 Women ofAll otherchildbearingindividualsage, young childrenNUMBER OF MEALS*NUMBER OF MEALS*Table 1. Eating Guidelines for Freshwater fish from Florida WatersLOCATIONCOUNTYSPECIESB luegillTwo per weekTwo per week Redear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per week Black crappieOne per week Two per week Warmouth One per month Two per week Largemouth bass One per month One per weekBluegillOne per week Two per week Spotted bullhead catfishOne per week Two per week Redear sunfish One per month Two per weekRedbreast sunfishOne per month Two per weekSpotted sunfishOne per month Two per weekShadow bass One per month One per week Largemouth bassOne per monthOne per monthBluegill One per week Two per week Redear sunfishOne per week Two per week Redbreast sunfishOne per month One per week Spotted sunfishOne per month One per week

10 WarmouthOne per month One per week Flathead Catfish One per month One per week Largemouth bass One per month One per month Redear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per weekTwo per weekBluegillTwo per weekTwo per weekRedear sunfishTwo per weekTwo per weekLargemouth bassOne per week Two per week BluegillOne per month Two per weekWarmouthOne per monthOne per monthLargemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month BluegillTwo per week Two per week Brown bullhead catfishTwo per week Two per week Redear sunfishTwo per week Two per week WarmouthTwo per week Two per week Chain pickerel One per month Two per week Largemouth bass One per month One per week Redear sunfishOne per weekTwo per weekBluegillOne per monthTwo per weekWarmouthOne per monthOne per weekLargemouth bassOne per monthOne per weekBluegillOne per month One per week Redear sunfish One per month One per week Largemouth bass DO NOT EATOne per month Conway Chain (Lake Conway, Little Lake Conway)Orange Cowpen Lake Putnam Corbett WMA-all ponds on propertyPalm BeachCompass Lake Jackson Colt CreekPolkCherry Lake Madison Chipola River and tributaries (including Juniper Creek and Dead Lakes) Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson Choctawhatch