Fish Consumption Advisories
Fish Consumption Advisories & Commercial Fishing Bans |
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These advisories are current as of the time of publication, but are subject to change. Please consult the MDEQ Web Site https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/water/field-services/fish-advisories-fish-tissue-and-fishing-bans/ms-fish-tissue-advisories-and-commercial-fishing-bans-june-2011/ or call the MDEQ Laboratory at (601) 961-5701 for the most up to date information. |
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Stream Reach |
Chemical |
Date Issued |
Action |
Archusa Water Park in Clark County |
Mercury |
Sept. 1996 |
See #1 Below |
Bogue Chitto River |
Mercury |
May 1995 |
See #1 Below |
Delta Region / All waters east of the Mississippi River levee and west of the bluff hills except for Steele Bayou, Black Bayou, Bee Lake, RecCon Lake (Rainey’s Lake), and Lake Charlie Capps. |
Toxaphene, DDT |
June 2001 |
See #4 Below |
Enid Reservoir |
Mercury |
May 1995 |
See #1 Below |
Escatawpa River from the Alabama state line to Interstate 10. |
Mercury |
May 1995 |
See #1 Below |
Grenada Lake & Yalobusha River from the dam downstream to Hwy 8 & 35 at Holcomb. |
Mercury |
June 2001 |
See #1 Below |
Gulf of Mexico |
Mercury |
May 1998 |
See #2 Below |
Lake Susie, Oxbow Lake of Old Tallahatchie River in Panola County west of Batesville |
PCBs |
Nov. 1989 |
See #3 Below |
Little Conehoma Creek & Yockanookany River in Attala & Leake counties. From Highway 35 near Kosciusko Downstream to Highway 429 near Thomastown (approx. 15 miles). |
PCBs |
June 1987 |
See #3 Below |
Pascagoula River |
Mercury |
Sept. 1996 |
See #1 Below |
Pearl River Hwy 25 (Leake County), near Carthage, downstream to Leake County Water Park |
Mercury |
June 2001 |
See #1 Below |
Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge (All Waters) |
Toxaphene, DDT |
1975 |
See #3 Below |
Yockanookany River |
Mercury |
May 1995 |
See #1 Below |
Yocona River From Enid Reservoir to Little Tallahatchie River |
Mercury |
Sept. 1996 |
See #1 Below |