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Fish Advisories

MISSISSIPPI
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Waterbody
Chemical
Date Issued
Little Conehoma and
Yockanookany River in Attala
and Leake Counties. From Hwy
35 near Kosciusko, downstream
to Hwy 429 near Thomastown
PCBs
June 1987
Consumption Advisory
All Species
Commercial Fishing
Ban
Bogue Chitto River, entire length
in Mississippi
Mercury
May 1995
Limit Consumption
Advisory for
Largemouth Bass and
Large Catfish (>27in)*
Yockanookany River, entire
length
Mercury
May 1995
Limit Consumption
Advisory for
Largemouth Bass and
Large Catfish (>27in)*
Pearl River from Hwy 25 near
Carthage, downstream
to the Leake County Water Park
Mercury
June 2001
Limit Consumption
Advisory for
Largemouth Bass and
Large Catfish (>27in)*
*The Mississippi State Department of Health recommends that people limit the amount of bass and large catfish that they eat from these areas, because of high levels of mercury in the fish. Children under seven and women of child bearing age should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two months. Other adults should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two weeks.
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LOUISIANA 
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Lousiana Department of Health Mercury Advisories
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LDEQ Fishing Consumption and Swimming Advisories
*​Area Affected:
This advisory includes the entire Pearl River 221.8 miles (total for all specified subsegments) 

Advisory Type:
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury 
   
Recommendations:
Women of childbearing age and children less than seven years of age SHOULD NOT CONSUME BOWFIN (choupique, grinnel) and should consume no more than ONE MEAL PER MONTH of bass (all species), bigmouth buffalo, or freshwater drum combined from the advisory area. Other adults and children seven years of age and older SHOULD NOT CONSUME BOWFIN (choupique, grinnel) and should consume no more than FOUR MEALS PER MONTH of bass (all species), bigmouth buffalo, or freshwater drum combined from the advisory area. Unless the fish species is specifically addressed in the details of the advisory, please limit consumption of all species in an advisory area to FOUR MEALS PER MONTH. 
Date:
Issued: 03/01/1997; Revised: 05/29/2003

Parishes:
Washington, St. Tammany 

Subsegments:
LA090101_00, LA090102_00, LA090103_00, LA090105_00, LA090106_00, LA090107_00, LA090201_00, LA090202_00, LA090202-5126, LA090204_00, LA090205_00, LA090206_00, LA090207_00, LA090207-5112
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