LOUISIANA HEALTH/FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES (MERCURY)

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMPTION

LOCATION BOUNDARIES PARISH WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND OTHER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGE 7 ISSUE DATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 AND OLDER Amite River from the Mississippi State Limit bigmouth buffalo, largemouth bass, Limit bigmouth buffalo, largemouth bass, East Feliciana, St. Line to its confluence with Lake spotted bass, white crappie (sac-a-lait), spotted bass, white crappie (sac-a-lait), Helena, East Baton Amite River Drainage Basin Maurepas, Colyell Creek, the Amite freshwater drum (gaspergou), and bowfin freshwater drum (gaspergou), and bowfin 7/1/2004 Rouge, Livingston, River Diversion Canal and the Petite (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more and Ascension Amite River more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. Bartholomew from the LA/AR No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Bayou Bartholomew state line to its confluence with the Morehouse consumption of other fish species to no consumption of other fish species to no more 1/99; 5/29/03 Ouachita River more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Bayou Bonne Idee from its headwaters largemouth bass and freshwater drum largemouth bass and freshwater drum Bayou Bonne Idee near Jones, to its confluence Morehouse 7/1/2004 (gaspergou) consumption to no more than 1 (gaspergou) consumption to no more than 4 with the Boeuf River east of Oak Ridge. meal per month combined. meals per month combined.

Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Bayou Chene from its headwaters near (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no Jennings to its confluence with Bayou Jefferson Davis, more than 1 meal per month combined; OR 04/08/2006; Bayou Chene and Bayou Lacassine Lacassine, and Bayou Lacassine from Calcasieu, and should consume no more than 2 meals per No advisory 5/21/2021 its headwaters near Lacassine to its Cameron month of crappie, freshwater drum confluence with Bayou Misere. (gaspergou), smallmouth buffalo, and warmouth combined from the advisory area.

Bayou De Loutre from the Arkansas Bayou De Loutre and Associated State Line to its confluence with the Limit consumption of all species to no more 11/20/00; Union No consumption of any species. Lakes (Phillips, Hatley and Hudson) Ouachita River including Phillips, than 2 meals per month combined. 5/29/03; 7/1/04 Hatley, and Hudson Lakes Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel), Bayou des Cannes from its origin near largemouth bass, crappie (sac-a-lait) and 10/97; 5/29/03; Bayou des Cannes Ville Platte to its confluence with the Acadia, Evangeline freshwater drum (gaspergou) consumption No advisory 7/25/18 Mermentau to no more than 1 meal per month combined. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Bayou DeSiard from its headwaters to Bayou DeSiard Ouachita consumption of other fish species to no consumption of other fish species to no more 5/29/03 its confluence with the Ouachita River more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. Limit largemouth bass, spotted bass, black Limit largemouth bass, spotted bass, Dorcheat from the Arkansas crappie, freshwater drum (gaspergou), crappie, freshwater drum (gaspergou), 7/1/2004; Bayou Dorcheat State Line to its confluence with Lake Webster flathead catfish and bowfin (choupique, flathead catfish and bowfin (choupique, 3/8/2006 Bistineau. grinnel) consumption to no more than 1 grinnel) consumption to no more than 4 meal meal per month combined. per month combined. Limit largemouth bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), Limit largemouth bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), freshwater drum (gaspergou), and redear freshwater drum (gaspergou), and redear 1/31/97; Bayou Liberty The entire length of Bayou Liberty St. Tammany sunfish consumption to no more than 1 sunfish consumption to no more than 4 5/29/03 meal per month combined. meals per month combined.

Bayou Louis from its headwaters to its No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Bayou Louis confluence with the Ouachita River Catahoula consumption of other fish species to no consumption of other fish species to no more 5/29/03 including Lake Louis (Lovelace Lake) more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMPTION

LOCATION BOUNDARIES PARISH WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND OTHER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGE 7 ISSUE DATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 AND OLDER

Limit largemouth bass and bowfin (choupique, grinnel) to no more than 1 meal Bayou Nezpique from its' headwaters Acadia, Allen, Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) per month combined from the advisory area; 1/11/2009; Bayou Nezpique to its' confluence with the Mermentau Evangeline, and consumption to no more than 3 meals per OR should consume no more than 2 meals 5/21/2021 River. Jefferson Davis month. per month of freshwater drum (gaspergou), crappie, and warmouth combined.

Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel), Bayou Plaquemine Brule from its origin largemouth bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), 10/96; 5/29/03; Bayou Plaquemine Brule near Opelousas to its confluence with Acadia, St. Landry flathead catfish and freshwater drum No advisory 7/25/18 the Mermentau River (gaspergou) consumption to no more than 1 meal per month combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and Bayou Queue de Tortue from its largemouth bass consumption to no more headwaters near Cankton, Louisiana to Acadia, Lafayette than 1 meal per month combined. Limit 7/1/2004; Bayou Queue De Tortue No advisory its confluence with the Mermentau and Vermilion crappie (sac-a-lait), freshwater drum, 7/25/18 River east of Lake Arthur, Louisiana. warmouth, and bluegill sunfish to 2 meals per month combined. The entire length of Big Alabama Pointe Coupee, Do not consume flathead catfish. Limit Bayou from the boat landing at Hwy Limit consumption to no more than 2 meals 5/29/2003; Big Alabama Bayou Iberville, and St. consumption of all other species to no more 975 to near the Atchafalaya River Pilot per month of flathead catfish. 5/21/2021 Martin than 1 meal per month combined. Channel Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Black Bayou Lake Black Bayou Lake only (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more 3/8/06 more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Black Bayou Lake Black Bayou Lake only Ouachita 5/29/03 consumption. consumption to 1 meal a month. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) to 2 meals consumption; Limit largemouth bass, white per month; Limit largemouth bass, white Black Lake Black Lake only Natchitoches bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), or freshwater bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), and freshwater 10/96; 5/29/03 drum (gaspergou) consumption to no more drum (gaspergou) consumption to no more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. St. James, Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Ascension, 4/23/98; Blind River The Blind River only consumption to no more than 1 meal per consumption to no more than 4 meals per Livingston, St. John 5/29/03 month. month. the Baptist The Boeuf River from the confluence Caldwell, Franklin, No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Boeuf River with Lake Lafourche to the confluence Richland, and consumption of other fish species to no consumption of other fish species to no more 5/29/03 with the Ouachita River Catahoula more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. The Bogue Chitto River from MS/LA Limit consumption of all bass species and Limit consumption of all bass species and St. Tammany, Bogue Chitto River state line to the Pearl River Navigation bowfin (choupique, grinnel) to no more than bowfin (choupique, grinnel) to no more than 8/96; 5/29/03 Washington Canal 1 meal per month combined. 4 meals per month combined. Limit largemouth bass and crappie (sac-a- The Bogue Falaya from its headwaters No largemouth bass or crappie (sac-a-lait); lait) consumption to no more than 2 meals Washington, St. Bogue Falaya and Tchefuncte to its confluence with the Tchefuncte Limit freshwater drum (gaspergou), spotted per month combined; Limit freshwater drum Tammany, and 5/29/03 Rivers and the Tchefuncte from its bass, and catfish consumption to no more (gaspergou), spotted bass, and catfish Tangipahoa headwaters to Lake Pontchartrain than 1 meal per month combined. consumption to no more than 4 meals per month combined. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMPTION

LOCATION BOUNDARIES PARISH WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND OTHER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGE 7 ISSUE DATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 AND OLDER Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Caddo Lake Caddo Lake only Caddo consumption to no more than 6 meals per consumption to no more than 2 meals per 2/11/2009 year. month. Calcasieu River from Hwy 26 to the Limit black crappie, largemouth bass, and Saltwater Barrier north of Lake bowfin, freshwater drum, spotted bass, and Limit largemouth bass, bowfin (choupique, 11/20/00; Charles, the West Fork Calcasieu Calcasieu, Jefferson flathead catfish to no more than 1 meal per grinnel) and freshwater drum (gaspergou) 5/29/03; Calcasieu River Drainage Basin River, Houston River, Hickory Creek, Davis, and Allen month combined; OR consume no more consumption to no more than 3 meals per 7/01/04; Beckwith Creek, English Bayou and than 2 meals per month of other species month combined. 5/21/2021 caught in the advisory area. No consumption of bowfin (choupique, Limit consumption of bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and limit consumption of grinnel) to no more than 2 meals a month; Cheniere (Brake) Lake Cheniere (Brake) Lake only Ouachita 7/1/2004 largemouth bass to no more than 2 meals Limit consumption of largemouth bass to no per month. more than 4 meals a month. Limit largemouth bass, bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and black crappie (sac-a-lait) 5/97; 5/29/03; Chicot Lake Chicot Lake only Evangeline No advisory consumption to no more than 2 meals per 7/25/18 month combined. Limit black crappie, bowfin (choupique, grinnel), largemouth bass and bigmouth Clear Lake (Lake Edwards) Clear Lake (Lake Edwards) only Desoto No advisory 2/11/2009 buffalo consumption to no more than 1 meal per month combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more than 6 meals per consumption to no more than 2 meals per year; Limit largemouth bass, black crappie, 9/1/2008; Cocodrie Lake Cocodrie Lake only Evangeline, Rapides month; Limit largemouth bass and black warmouth, bluegill sunfish and bigmouth 7/25/18 crappie to no more than 3 meals per month buffalo to no more than 1 meal per month combined. combined. Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Corney Lake Corney Lake only Claiborne (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more 5/29/03 more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. Limit largemouth bass and bowfin 9/1/2008; Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Reservoir only Evangeline consumption to no more than 1 meal per No advisory 7/25/18 month combined. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and consumption. Limit largemouth bass Grand Bayou Reservoir John K. Kelley- Grand Bayou Reservoir Red River largemouth bass consumption to no more 5/29/03 consumption to no more than 1 meal per than 2 meals per month. month. No consumption of king mackerel greater than 39 inches in total length; Limit No consumption of king mackerel; Limit consumption of king mackerel 39 inches or waters off of all coastal cobia, blackfin tuna and greater amberjack 9/4/1997; Gulf of Mexico Coastal Parishes less in total length to no more than 2 meals parishes consumption to no more that one meal per 3/8/2006 per month; Limit consumption of cobia, month. blackfin tuna and greater amberjack to no more that four meals per month combined. Henderson Lake, Lake Bigeux, and all waters within the area bounded on the north be the St. Landry/St. Martin 1/31/1996; Limit largemouth bass and bowfin to no Henderson Lake Area Parish line, on the east by the West St. Martin No advisory 5/29/03; more than 2 meals combined per month. Atchafalaya River levee, on the south 7/25/18 by Hwy 3177 and on the west by the West Atchafalaya Basin levee RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMPTION

LOCATION BOUNDARIES PARISH WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND OTHER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGE 7 ISSUE DATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 AND OLDER The canal that is between the Interstate 10 Bridges (between Limit largemouth bass, black crappie, and Limit largemouth bass, black crappie, bowfin Whiskey Bay and Ramah) and the I-10 Canal and Work Canal Iberville bowfin (choupique, grinnel) consumption to (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more 7/1/2004 canal known as Work Canal, which no more than 1 meals per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. runs north to south and intersects the I- 10 Canal. Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Limit largemouth bass and bowfin Iatt Lake Iatt Lake only Grant (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more 3/8/2006 more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. Limit consumption of bowfin (choupique, No consumption of bowfin (choupique, grinnel) to no more than 2 meals a month; 11/20/2000; Ivan Lake Ivan Lake only Bossier grinnel). Limit consumption of largemouth Limit consumption of largemouth bass to no 5/29/03 bass to no more than 1 meal per month. more than 4 meals per month. No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Kepler Creek Lake Kepler Creek Lake only Bienville 5/29/03 consumption. consumption to 1 meal per month. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Webster, Bossier, Lake Bistineau Lake Bistineau only consumption to no more than 1 meal per consumption to no more than 4 meals per 3/8/2006 and Bienville month. month. Limit largemouth bass, flathead catfish, Limit largemouth bass, flathead catfish, redear and bluegill sunfish (bream) redear and bluegill sunfish (bream) Lake Vernon Lake Vernon only Vernon 8/97; 5/29/03 consumption to no more than 1 meal per consumption to no more than 4 meals per month. month combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and Little Alabama Bayou from its Point Coupee, largemouth bass to no more than 1 meal Little Alabama Bayou headwaters near East Krotz Springs Iberville, and St. per month; OR consume no more than 3 No advisory 5/21/2021 to its confluence with Big Alabama Martin meals per month of black crappie and Bayou. freshwater drum (gaspergou). Limit largemouth bass, white bass, No largemouth bass, white bass, freshwater , Little River, Old River, Avoyelles, freshwater drum (gaspergou), flathead drum (gaspergou), flathead catfish or bowfin Black River, Saline Lake, Larto Lake Catahoula, catfish and bowfin (choupique, grinnel) 11/20/00; Little River/Catahoula Lake Area (choupique, grinnel) consumption; Limit (Saline-Larto Complex), Shad Lake, Concordia, Grant, consumption to no more than 2 meals per 5/29/03 white crappie consumption to no more than and Associated Water Bodies LaSalle, and Rapides month combined; Limit white crappie to no 2 meals per month. more than 4 meals per month.

Do not consume bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Old River (Niblett Bluff) from its' Limit freshwater drum (gaspergou) and or freshwater drum (gaspergou); Limit 02/11/2009; Old River (Niblett Bluff) headwaters to its' confluence with the Calcasieu bowfin (choupique, grinnel) consumption to consumption of all other species in the area 5/21/2021 Sabine River no more than 2 meals per month combined. to no more than one meal per month.

LA/ARK border to the confluence of the Ouachita, Union, No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit No bowfin (choupique, grinnel); Limit Tensas River including any lakes that Morehouse, Ouachita River consumption of other fish species to no consumption of other fish species to no more 7/92; 5/29/03 are inside the levee system or within Caldwell, and more than 1 meal per month combined. than 4 meals per month combined. the Ouachita River flood plain Catahoula No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) No bowfin (choupique, grinnel) consumption; consumption. Limit bass, bigmouth buffalo St.Tammany, Limit bass, bigmouth buffalo and freshwater 1/31/97; Pearl River The entire length of the Pearl River and freshwater drum (gaspergou) Washington drum (gaspergou) to no more than 4 meals 5/29/03 consumption to no more than 1 meal per per month combined. month combined. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMPTION

LOCATION BOUNDARIES PARISH WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND OTHER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGE 7 ISSUE DATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 AND OLDER Limit largemouth bass consumption to no more than 6 meals per year; Limit carp, Saline Bayou from its' headwaters in freshwater drum, longear sunfish and Limit largemouth bass consumption to no Bienville Parish to, and including, Bienville, Winn, and warmouth to no more than 3 meals per more than 2 meals per month; Limit bowfin Saline Lake and Bayou 2/11/2009 Saline Lake in Winn and Natchitoches Nathitoches month; Limit black crappie to no more than (choupique, grinnel) and spotted bass to no Parishes. 2 meals per month; Limit bowfin (choupique, more than 3 meals per month combined. grinnel) and spotted bass to no more than 1 meal per month combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) consumption to no more than 1 meal per month. Limit largemouth bass, flathead The Seventh Ward Canal (southwest 7/97; 5/29/03; Seventh Ward Canal Vermilion catfish, white crappie (sac-a-lait) and No advisory of Abbeville) 7/25/18 freshwater drum (gaspergou) consumption to no more than 2 meals per month combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel), flathead Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel), flathead catfish, largemouth bass, spotted bass and The Tangipahoa River from the LA/MS catfish, largemouth bass, spotted bass and Tangipahoa River Tangipahoa freshwater drum (gaspergou) consumption 5/29/03 state line to Lake Pontchartrain freshwater drum (gaspergou) consumption to to no more than 1 meal per month no more than 4 meals per month combined. combined. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) Tew Lake Tew Lake only Catahoula consumption to no more than 1 meal per consumption to no more than 4 meals per 7/1/2004 month. month. Limit freshwater drum (gaspergou), Limit freshwater drum (gaspergou), The Tickfaw River (from MS/LA state Saint Helena, largemouth bass, bowfin (choupique, largemouth bass, bowfin (choupique, line to Lake Maurepas), the Blood 7/08/02; Tickfaw River Area Tangipahoa, and grinnel), and white crappie (sac-a-lait) grinnel), and white crappie (sac-a-lait) River, Natalbany River, Lizard Creek, 5/29/03 Livingston consumption to no more than 1 meal per consumption to no more than 4 meals per and Ponchatoula Creek month combined. month combined. No consumption of bowfin (choupique, Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) grinnel). Limit consumption of largemouth consumption to no more than 2 meals per 7/19/01; The entire reservoir Desoto, Sabine bass and freshwater drum (gaspergou) month combined; Limit largemouth bass and 5/29/03 consumption to no more than 1 meal per freshwater drum (gaspergou) consumption to month combined. no more than 4 meals per month combined. From Louisiana Highway 190 in St. Limit bowfin (choupique, grinnel) and Landry Parish to Craft Lake, includes Two O'Clock Bayou St. Landry largemouth bass consumption to no more No advisory 7/25/2018 Cowan Bay, Close Lake, and Craft than 2 meals per month combined. Lake Note: A meal is considered to be ½ pound in size. Louisiana fish consumption advisories are based on the estimate that the average Louisiana resident eats 4 fish meals per month (1 meal = 1/2 pound). If you or your family members eat more than 4 meals of fish a month from local water bodies, you might increase your health risks. You can contact the Office of Public Health toll free at 1-888-293-7020 for more information about eating fish that contain chemicals. UPDATED: 5/21/21