The 2005 - 2006 Guide to Eating
Ontario Sport Fish
The 2005-2006 Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish is substantially different
from previous editions. It now contains important information on consumption of
sport fish from Ontario waters for both the general population and the sensitive
population of women of child-bearing age and children under 15.
We recommend that you discard previous editions of the Guide and either download
the 2005-2006 Guide or request a paper copy by contacting the Sport Fish Contaminant
Monitoring Program.
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 and send them to 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 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, which has been testing
Ontario sport fish for more than 25 years.
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
Telephone: (416) 327-6816
Hotline: 1-800-820-2716
e-mail: sportfish@ene.gov.on.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:
June 30, 2006 - Consumption Advisory Update for Sport Fish in the upper Bay of Quinte
New consumption information for fish species caught in the upper
Bay of Quinte, from Trenton to Deseronto.
The Guide
To download the Guide, choose the section that has the specific information
you seek. It is imperative that you also download the Introductory
Section. 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:
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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