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Eating Ohio fish

"J"

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If I remember right, when they do the measuring they grind up the entire fish. Intestines and all.... From nose too tail.... We usually only eat the meat..... If they'd just ck the meat it'd look a whole lot better.....
 

giles

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If I remember right, when they do the measuring they grind up the entire fish. Intestines and all.... From nose too tail.... We usually only eat the meat..... If they'd just ck the meat it'd look a whole lot better.....

I think I read a couple years ago that they do core samples on the meat itself. It was some big deal because it was "new and improved". I could be wrong though and that could've been in AK. I'm not sure why it would change from state to state though.
 

"J"

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I think I read a couple years ago that they do core samples on the meat itself. It was some big deal because it was "new and improved". I could be wrong though and that could've been in AK. I'm not sure why it would change from state to state though.

I would hope they would upgrade from the other lol... More accurate count....
 

giles

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No worries man. I used to eat fish multiple times a week until my wife got prego and the doc told her to not eat certain fish and blah blah blah. Then I looked into it and try to keep tabs on it every spring. You figure with the algae blooms and everything else…
 

Blan37

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When I read the EPA guide several years ago, my big take-aways were this:

These advisories protect pregnant women, women of child-bearing age, nursing women, infants and children
age 15 and younger (pg 4)

And this:

Q - What if I eat more than the recommended amount of fish and shellfish in a week?

A - One week’s consumption of fish does not change the level of contaminants in the body much at all. If you eat a lot of fish one week, you can cut back for the next week or two. Just make sure you average the recommended amount per week. (pg. 23)

I eat what I catch and don't worry about it.
 

"J"

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When I read the EPA guide several years ago, my big take-aways were this:



And this:



I eat what I catch and don't worry about it.

When they test these fish, they grind the whole fish... Intestines and all.... most of the impurities are in the intestines.... It's a better be safe then sorry test....


 

Blan37

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Interesting. If that's the case then that's even less reason to be concerned.

Unless you're Dave. I've been told he just tosses 'em in the blender and drinks them straight, what with his iron stomach and all...
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
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Ever met anyone that lives in a fishing community? Them some weird peoples...coming from me, that says something. No doubt in my mind that if you live on fish, it effects you.
 

reo

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If I remember right, when they do the measuring they grind up the entire fish. Intestines and all.... From nose too tail.... We usually only eat the meat..... If they'd just ck the meat it'd look a whole lot better.....

^^this


 

Blan37

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I got curious and decided to shoot the Ohio EPA an email.

Not sure if at one point they were doing testing of the whole fish but it sounds like they don't do that anymore.

I specifically asked about the belly meat because somewhere along the line I heard that it contained higher levels of contaminants (or maybe I dreamed it). I also asked about the heads because I know some folks make fish head soup.

Here's the response:

Joe,

Good to hear from you and thank you for your question.

For our rivers and lakes monitoring (except for Lake Erie), all of our fish tissue samples are skin-off muscle fillets. Our samples from Lake Erie are skin-on muscle fillets. We do not test the heads, organs, or bones. When we test the meat, it is all ground together, so the belly meat gets tested with the fillet meat for one overall result--the belly meat is not tested separately.

I hope this helps answer your question!

Gary


Gary Klase
Public Health Ecologist
Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water
 

Blan37

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These advisories protect pregnant women, women of child-bearing age, nursing women, infants and children age 15 and younger (pg 4)

Dave and Chad should still be concerned. One of them's gonna end up preggers one of these days...

:smiley_couch: