Healthy Housing and Environment Team

 Environmental Protection Agency Data on Mercury in Fish, by Fish Species
for the years 1996-2000

SPECIES

TOTAL # Samples

Number of Samples Over 0.3 ppm Standard

Percent of Samples Over 0.3 ppm Standard

Alewife

10

0

0.0

Yellow Bullhead

6

0

0.0

Carp

3

0

0.0

Golden shiner

39

2

5.1

Brown Bullhead

48

3

6.3

Pumpkinseed

79

8

10.1

Bluegill

79

12

15.2

White sucker

25

5

20.0

White perch

32

9

28.1

Yellow perch

99

28

28.3

Eel

16

7

43.8

Black crappie

18

9

50.0

Chain pickerel

74

45

60.8

Largemouth bass

169

130

76.9

Smallmouth bass

5

5

100.0

TOTALS:

702

263

37.5%

All Species excluding Eel, Black crappie Chain pickerel, Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass:

420

67

16.0%

LEGEND:
All Levels: No consumption for small children (0-6 years) or women who are pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy

Level

% SAMPLES > 0.3 ppm

CODE

HEALTH ADVISORIES

0

<10%

Everyone else can consume any amount safely.

1

10% to <30%

Everyone else can consume 1 meal per week

2

30% to 50%

Everyone else can consume 1 meal per month

3

>50%

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