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FRESHWATER FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES: &CREEKS Muckalee Crk. (above Albany) Mill Crk. (Murray Co.) Valdosta) 133, Hwy Ga. (above Little Lake) Hill Clarks (above River Little Kinchafoonee (above Crk. Albany) Crk. Ichawaynochaway Holly Crk. (Murray Co.) Gum Crk. (Crisp Co.) Flint Mitchell River Cos.) (Dougherty/Baker Flint Cos.) River (Macon/Dooly/Worth/Lee Co.) (Taylor River Flint (Meriwether/Upson/Pike Cos.) Flint River (Spalding/Fayette Cos.) ) Allatoona Lake (below River Etowah Allatoona) Lake (above River Etowah Co.) (Dawson River Etowah (below Carters) Thompson-Weinman dam, Oostanaula) below Etowah (Coosa, River Coosa Co.) Floyd Stateline, to 100 (Hwy River Coosa Co.) Floyd 100, Hwy to Zero Mile (River River Chattahoochee Casey Canal (Lotts Crk. to ) Crk.) 192 Lotts to (Hwy River Canoochee Co.) (Burke Crk. Brier Co.) (Taylor Crk. Beaver River 25) Route US (below River Altamaha Allatoona Crk. (Cobb Co.) River Alapaha River Coosa Stateline) (below River Conasauga Co.) Cohulla Crk. (Whitfield Chickamauga Crk. (West) (below Tesnatee Riv.) (NE Rabun , County) ( to Peachtree Crk.) Peachtree to Dam Falls (Morgan Dam) Falls Morgan to Dam (Buford (Oliver Dam to Upatoi Crk.) Upatoi to Dam (Oliver I-85) to dam Point (West Franklin) below Lk., Point West to Crk. (Pea Crk.) Pea to Crk. (Peachtree ONE MEAL PER MONTH PER MEAL ONE ONE MEAL PER WEEK PER MEAL ONE NO RESTRICTIONS

DO NOT EAT NOT DO NO DATA NO (Helen to Lk. Lanier) Lk. to (Helen

Bass, , Other Bass, , Spotted <20" <20" <20" ≥20" ≥20" ≥20"

* * * Bass, Striped

Bass, White Bowfin Buffalo Bullhead Carp 8–32" 18 –32" 18 >32" >32" <18" <18" Catfish, Blue

Catfish, Channel 16–30" >30" <16" Catfish, Flathead

Catfish, Mullet, Striped Perch, Yellow Pickerel, Chain Redbreast Redhorse Redear Sucker Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Other Trout, , Rainbow Withlacoochee River (Berrien/Lowndes Cos.) RiverWithlacoochee (Berrien/Lowndes Co.) Banks (Alto, River Trib. To Hudson 100) Hwy (GA River Tallapoosa 127) Hwy (US River Tallapoosa Crk. Rock Talking (Redwine Crk. Cove Road) Sumac Crk. (Murray Co.) Sugar Crk. (Murray Co.) Co.) (Charlton River Mary's St. Co.) (Camden River Mary's St. Spring (/Decatur/Miller Crk. Cos.) Shoals) Snapping Co., (Henry River South South River (Panola Shoals, Rockdale Co.) Co.) (Warren Crk. Short Estuary) Savannah to & Dam Lock Bluff Savannah (New River Savannah Gate) (Tidal Savannah River (Ft. Howard) Savannah River (Effingham) Savannah River (Chatham/Screven Cos.) &Dam) Lock Sav. Bluff New &below (above Savannah River Co.) Camden Folkston, (near River Satilla (Waycross, Ware/Pierce Cos.) Co.) Fulton (near Crk. Proctor Pipemaker Canal Crk.) Beaver of (downstream Crk. Patsiliga Co.) Taylor Crk., Beaver of (upstream Crk. Patsiliga RiverOostanaula (Floyd/Gordon Cos.) (Billy’s Lake) (Emanuel/Toombs Cos.) McAllister) Ft. to (all River Ogeechee (Milledgeville to I-16) Oconee River (above Shoals) Barnett (Telfair/Wheeler Cos.) Ocmulgee River (Houston/Twiggs Co.) Co.) Bibb Macon, (below River Ocmulgee to (Thomasville state line) Ochlockonee River (Moultrie to Thomasville)

†† * Women who are pregnant or nursing and young children may wish to further restrict their consumption due to the variable mercury levels in these fish. these in levels mercury variable the to due consumption their restrict further to wish may children young and nursing or pregnant are who Women Dam. Falls Morgan and Lake Point West between annually migrates population bass striped This ONE MEAL PER MONTH PER MEAL ONE ONE MEAL PER WEEK PER MEAL ONE NO RESTRICTIONS DO NOT EAT NOT DO

NO DATA NO

Bass, Largemouth Bass, Other Bass, Shoal Bass, Spotted ≥27" <20" ≥20" Bass, Striped ††

Bass, White Bluegill Bowfin Buffalo Bullhead Carp

Catfish, Blue

Catfish, Channel >30" <30" Catfish, Flathead ††

Catfish, White Crappie Mullet, Striped Perch, Yellow Pickerel, Chain Redbreast Redhorse Redear Sucker Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Other Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow FRESHWATER FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES: LAKES Yonah Worth (Flint ) Worth (Chehaw Reservoir) Point West Varner Tribble Mill Pk. Pond (Gwinnett Co.) Tugalo Tobesofkee So. Slappy Blvd. Off-ramp (Albany) Off-ramp Blvd. Slappy So. Seminole Richard B. Russell Reed Bingham S.P. Rabun Oliver Nottely West PFA, McDuffie Mayers (Baxley) PFA Marben OcmulgeeLittle S. P. Lanier S.P. – Yohola L. Kolomoki Mounds S.P. – Kolomoki L. Ken Gardens Juliette Jackson PFA Gillis M. Hugh lake) of body (main Hartwell Arm) ( Hartwell Hamburg Goat Rock Flat Creek PFA Lake) (Lonice Barrett Evans County PFA County Evans Hill Clarks Carters (Augusta) Field Bush N. Pond Burton Blue Ridge PFA Lazer Big Blackshear Black Shoals (Randy Poynter) Bear Crk. Reservoir Ferry Bartlett’s Banks Andrews Allatoona Acworth Pond By-Pass Albany A H Stephens State Park State A HStephens ONE MEAL PER MONTH PER MEAL ONE ONE MEAL PER WEEK PER MEAL ONE NO RESTRICTIONS DO NOT EAT NOT DO NO DATA NO 12-16" <12" >12" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" Bass, Hybrid 12-16” 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" >16" >16" >16" >12" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >12" >12" >16" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >16" >16" Bass, Largemouth 12-16" 12-16" >16" >12" >16" Bass, Spotted 12-16" >16" >16" >16" >16" Bass, Striped 12-16"

Bass, Other

Bluegill

Bullhead >16" >16" Carp <12" >12" >12" Crappie

Catfish, Blue 12-16" <16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >12" >12" >16" >16" >16" >12" >12" Catfish, Channel

Catfish, Flathead 12-16" 12-16" >16" >16" Catfish, Other

Suckers

Sunfish, Redear >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" Walleye SALT WATER FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES: COASTAL RIVERS & CREEKS

NO RESTRICTIONS ONE MEAL PER WEEK

ONE MEAL PER MONTH DO NOT EAT NO DATA Atlantic Croaker Atlantic , Blue Crab BlackDrum, Drum, Red Flounder Sheepshead Southern Kingfish (Whiting) Spot Spotted Seatrout Striped Mullet Shrimp Yellowtail (Silver Perch) Flounder Summer

Turtle River System (Purvis, Gibson Crks.)

Turtle & Buffalo Rivers (upriver Hwy 303)

Turtle River (Hwy 303 to Channel Marker 9)

Turtle River (C. Marker 9 & So. Brunswick River to Dubignons & Parsons Crk.s)

Terry Crk. (South of Torras Causeway to Lanier Basin) Terry & Dupree Crk.s (North of Torras Causeway to w/ Back River) Back River (1 mi. above Terry Crk. to Confluence with Torras Causeway)

Back River (South of Torras Cswy. to St. Simons Sound) North Newport (Upper), incl. Cay/Peacock Savannah Estuary ≥27"

Atlantic Ocean

KING MACKEREL SPECIAL JOINT STATE CONSUMPTION GUIDANCE ISSUED BY GEORGIA, , AND FOR SOUTH SIZE RANGE (FORK LENGTH, INCHES) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEAL CONSUMPTION OF KING MACKEREL CAUGHT OFFSHORE GEORGIA COAST 24 to less than 33 inches No Restrictions 1 meal per month for pregnant women, nursing mothers and children age 12 and younger 33 to 39 inches 1 meal per week for other adults Over 39 inches Do Not Eat

Saltwater Advisory 2018 Forestry for Harmful toxins called PCBs are stored in the hepato- pancreas (“the green gland” also known as the mustard, Wildlife Partners tomalley, or liver) found in the body section of blue crabs. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, proudly honors the 2018 Recent studies have shown that crabs in the Middle Forestry for Wildlife Partners for their outstanding Turtle River and Purvis and Gibson Creeks contain high accomplishments in incorporating fish and wildlife levels of PCBs. While the crab meat may still be eaten conservation practices as an integral part of their in recommended amounts, the hepatopancreas should overall land management goals. not be eaten because of the high PCB levels. If crabs are cooked whole, the juice should not be consumed. Because PCBs are transferred to cooking liquid, crab cooking liquid should also be discarded. Cleaning crabs before you cook them ("backing" the crabs and rinsing out the guts and the gills) reduces the risk of consuming PCBs.