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The 2007 - 2008 Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish

Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish 2007-2008 cover

The format of the 2007-2008 Guide is essentially unchanged from the 2005-2006 edition.  However, there are many changes in the advisory tables reflecting updated guidelines for some contaminants as well as the incorporation of 120,000 test results performed on 12,000 fish.

The Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish is published every other year by the Ministry of the Environment in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources.  Staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of the Environment collect fish which are analyzed at the Ministry of the Environment laboratory in Toronto. The fish are analyzed for a variety of substances, including mercury, PCBs, mirex, DDT and dioxins. The results are used to develop the tables in the Guide, which give size-specific consumption advice for each species tested from each location.  This advice is based on health protection guidelines developed by Health Canada.

The Sport Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program, which started in 1976, is the largest testing and advisory program of its kind in North America. Fish have been tested from approximately 1,700 locations in Ontario’s inland lakes and rivers and Great Lakes. Between 4,000 and 6,000 fish per year are tested through the program.

For further information on the program or results in the Guide, contact:

Sport Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program
Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
125 Resources Road
Etobicoke, ON  M9P 3V6
(416) 327-6816
1-800-820-2716
e-mail: sportfish.moe@ontario.ca

Women of child-bearing age and children under 15 are more sensitive to the effects of contaminants found in some sport fish. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment issues more stringent advice for women of child-bearing age and children under 15 in the Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish. More information is available in:

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Contaminants in Sport Fish
Important information for protecting your family 		PDF brochure

Feedback

In the past, valuable feedback has been provided by users of the Guide. We continue to welcome any comments you may have and invite you to complete a short survey available online.

The Guide

To download the entire Guide, or to choose the section that has the specific information you seek, follow the links below.  
It is imperative that you read the Introductory Section [PDF]. It explains how to use the Guide and how to interpret the information. The files are in PDF format and can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat.

Languages

For individuals whose first language is not English or French, a brochure describing how to use the Guide is available in 19 languages. The brochures are available in the following languages, and can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat:

Cambodian English Hungarian Ojibway Spanish
Chinese - Simplified Filipino Italian Polish Ukrainian
Chinese - Tranditional French Japanese Portuguese Vietnamese
Cree German Korean Russian

If you are having difficulty accessing a document, please contact the Ministry of the Environment at picemail@ene.gov.on.ca or phone the ministry's Public Information Centre at 1- 800-565-4923, in Toronto 416-325-4000 or by mail to the Ministry of the Environment, Public Information Centre, 135 St. Clair Ave. West, 1st Floor, Toronto, ON. M4V 1P5.


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Last Modified: Friday October 12 2007