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Little Conehoma and Yockanookany River in Attala and Leake Counties. From Hwy 35 near Kosciusko, downstream to Hwy 429 near Thomastown.
| | PCB's
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| Consumption Advisory All Species Commercial Fishing Ban
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Lake Susie, Oxbow Lake of Old Tallahatchie River in Panola County West of Batesville
| | PCB's | | November 1989 | Same as above |
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| Escatawpa River from Alabama state line to I-10 | | Mercury | | May 1995 | Limit Consumption Advisory for largemouth bass large catfish (>27in)*
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| Bogue Chitto River, entire length in Mississippi | | Mercury | | May 1995 | Same as above |
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Yockanookany River, entire length
| | Mercury | | May 1995 | Same as above |
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Pearl River from Hwy 25 near Carthage, downstream
to the Leake County Water Park.
| | Mercury | | June 2001 | Same as above |
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| Enid Reservoir | | Mercury | | May 1995 | Same as above
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| Yocona River from Enid Reservoir downstream to the confluence with the Tallahatchie River | | Mercury | | September 1996 | Same as above
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| Pascagoula River, entire length | | Mercury | | September 2001 | Same as above
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| Archusa Creek Water Park | | Mercury | | September 2001 | Same as above
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| Grenada Lake and Yalobusha River from the dam downstream to Holcomb | | Mercury | | June 2001 | Same as above
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Mississippi Delta-all waters from the mainline Mississippi River Levee on the West to the Bluff
hills on the East, except for waters listed below.
These waters have been removed from the Delta Fish Advisory
- Steele Bayou (Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Washington Counties)
- Black Bayou (Washington County)
- Bee Lake (Holmes County)
- Recon Lake (or Rainey’s Lake - Bolivar County)
- Charlie Capps Lake (Bolivar County)
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Toxaphane | | July 2001 | Limit Consumption Advisory for carp, buffalo, gar, and large catfish(>22in.)****
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| Gulf of Mexico | | Mercury | | May 1998 | King Mackerel <33 "- no limit. 33-39" limit consumption ***
>39"-do not eat
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*The Mississippi State Health Department recommends that people limit the amount of bass and large catfish that they eat from these areas, because of high levels of mercury in the fish. Children under seven and women of child bearing age should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two months. Other adults should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two weeks.
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** Precautionary advisory issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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| ***The Mississippi State Health Department recommends that people limit the amount of 33-39" King Mackerel they eat form the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Children under seven and women of child bearing age should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two months. Other adults should eat no more than one meal of these fish every two weeks. |
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****The Mississippi Department of Health recommends that people limit their consumption of these fish to no more than one meal every two weeks.
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For a printed copy of this chart, click here
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| For a map showing the advisories, click here |
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