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06-16-2013, 10:28 AM #6
Link for fish consumption info
I was curious like you, since we caught some cats too, so looked up the advisory. You can get the info here. Scroll down to Lake Erie for the specific advisory.
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/fisha...YourMeals.aspx
I too, always thought catfish in Erie was "do not eat", but now the advisory shows limit to one meal per month. So they can be eaten.
If you click on the 2013 fish advisory booklet link under publications heding on that page, it opens PDF which explains the rational. The contaminate in lake Erie catfish is PCB and it is not one meal that will do you in, but buildup from long term exposure. So the one meal per week is an average figure. PCB potential affects are birth defects and brain damage and children and women of childbearing age are at greatest risk. The advisory is to protect them.
Having said that, PCB's are nasty stuff, and it talks about taking 5-6 years to rid them from your body. Certainly wouldn't want my wife or kids or grandkids eating channels from the lake; why risk it when there is all that much safer walleye or yellow perch available! Now, if you are an old male fart who's brain is already fried, well.....
Myself, I figure there are enough other pcb's floating around out there I am exposed to, why add more to my body. So I eat the perch and walleye and just enjoy catching the cats.
I was surprised to see that smallmouth and white perch are also on the one meal per month advisory list for Erie.
Hope this helps.
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