MOE 2005-2006 guide for eating Lake Clear fish

The MOE Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch (EMRB) has indicated that as a result of an overall review of the Lake Clear fish monitoring for the period between 1978 and 2002 that there is a significant change in the advisories provided in the publication entitled “Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish 2005-2006 Edition” from the previous edition. An electronic copy is available by clicking on this link: Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish 2005-2006

The following chart is taken from page 39 in the Southern Ontario section of the guide

Important note: On our lake, walleyes <50 cm are supposed to be released!




The number that appears in the coloured boxes represent the maximum number of meals of that size fish that can be consumed each month. The number of meals per month (categories) may be 8, 4, 2, 1, or 0 as indicated.

Contaminants
The superscript number after each fish (example Walleye2) identifies the contaminant or group of contaminants for which the fish was tested:
2 = Mercury, PCBs, mirex/photomirex and pesticides
5 = Mercury, other metals, PCBs, mirex/photomirex and pesticides
8 = Chlorinated phenols and chlorinated benzenes
10 = Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs
11 = PCB congeners

If you have any question, contact the Sport Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program at 1-800-820-2716 or sportfish@ene.gov.on.ca


Comparison of  2005 guide with the old guide

Table legend:
8/4 in the below table means (8 = meals per month in 2005 guide and 4 = meals per month in the old guide)

= increase in recommended meals /month

= decrease in recommended meals/month


Comparison table

6-8
 8-10
 10-12
 12-14
 14-16
 16-18
 18-20
 20-22
 22-24
 24-26
 26-28
 28-30
 >30
walleye general



8/4
 4/4
 2/4
 2/4




walleye sensitive



8/0
 0/0
 0/0 0/0




northern pike general


 /8  /8  /8 8/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 4/8 4/8 4/4
northern pike sensitive


 /8  /8  /8 8/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 0/0
lake trout general





0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
lake trout sensitive





0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
whitefish general


0/ 0/ 0/ 0/2 0/2 0/1  /1


whitefish sensitive


0/ 0/ 0/ 0/0 0/0 0/0  /0


ling general
8/8 8/8 2/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8 0/8 0/4 0/4 0/4
ling sensitive
8/8 8/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/0 0/0 0/0
smallmouth bass general
 /8 8/8 8/8 4/8 2/8 1/2  /2




smallmouth bass sensitive
 /8 8/8 8/8 4/8 0/8 0/0  /0




largemouth bass general  /8  /8  /8  /8








largemouth bass sensitive  /8  /8  /8  /8








perch general
 8/8 8/8  /8  /4








perch sensitive
 8/8 8/8  /8  /0








carp general







8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/
carp sensitive







8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/

6-8
 8-10
 10-12
 12-14
 14-16
 16-18
 18-20
 20-22
 22-24
 24-26
 26-28
 28-30
 >30