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Fish Consumption Guidelines Is it safe to eat the fish? Fish Consumption Guidelines Fish can be an important part of a healthy diet, but some fish contain varying levels of pollutants like mercury. Because of this, the NH Department of Environmental Services recommends the following guidelines for eating freshwater fish that you catch in New Hampshire: • Pregnant and nursing women, and women who may become pregnant can safely eat ONE, 8-ounce meal of freshwater fish per month. • Children under age 7 can safely eat ONE, 4-ounce meal of freshwater fish per month. • All other adults and children age 7 and older can safely eat FOUR, 8-ounce meals of freshwater fish per month. • When eating bass, pickerel, white perch or yellow perch, limit consumption to fish 12 inches or less in length while following the above guidelines. Stocked trout contains relatively low levels of mercury. For rainbow and brown trout, women of childbearing age and children can safely eat ONE meal per week; others can eat SIX meals per week. Brook trout could be either stocked or from a native population, and therefore should be consumed at the rate of the general freshwater advisory above. Fish from several waterbodies in New Hampshire have been shown to have higher than average mercury concentrations. For the waterbodies identified below, women of childbearing age and young children should not consume any fish; others may consume TWO meals per month: • Ashuelot Pond, Washington • Comerford and Moore Reservoirs on the Connecticut River • Crystal Lake, Gilmanton • Dubes Pond, Hooksett • Jackman Reservoir, Hillsboro • Mascoma Lake, Enfield • May Pond, Washington • Tower Hill Pond, Candia In addition, NO fish should be consumed from the Androscoggin River from Berlin south to the Maine border due to potential dioxin contamination. For more information on freshwater and saltwater guidelines, contact: NH Department of Environmental Services Environmental Health Program (603) 271-1370 www.des.nh.gov (search “fish consumption”) Careful with those plastic baits! New Hampshire fisheries biologists are reporting increasing numbers of caught trout and salmon with indigestible soft plastic lures in their stomachs. A discarded soft plastic lure consumed innocently by a trout from the bottom of a freshwater lake likely remains in that fish’s stomach for the rest of its life, and may cause health issues such as ulcers and weight loss. Anglers are strongly encouraged to purchase biodegradable and food-based lures rather than soft plastic ones. It is also important that anglers not discard plastic lures into any waters, and also to attempt to retrieve any soft plastic lures that have become unhooked. Thanks. Get the Lead Out Loons, swans, cranes and other waterbirds can die from lead poisoning after swallowing lead fishing sinkers and jigs lost by anglers. Biologists have studied the effects of lead sinkers and jigs on waterbirds, such as loons and swans, since the 1970s. Their ongoing research has documented that, in the Northeast United States and Canada where loons breed, lead sinkers or jigs can account for 10 to 50 percent of dead adult loons found by researchers. State law prohibits the use of certain size lead sinkers and jigs in all freshwaters of New Hampshire. The ban prohibits the use of lead sinkers weighing 1 ounce or less and lead jigs less than 1 inch long along their longest axis. The sale of these lead sinkers and jigs is prohibited in the state of NH. What You Can Do: • Switch to non-lead sinkers and jigs. • Spread the word. Tell other anglers about the problem with lead. • Dispose of old lead sinkers and jigs properly. Drop-off locations include all NH Fish and Game offices and hatcheries. 38 2011 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest
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