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FRESHWATER FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES: &CREEKS RIVERS Chattahoochee RiverChattahoochee RiverChattahoochee (Helen to Lk. Lanier) (NE Ga., Rabun Co.) Casey Canal Basin Cr.) 192 Lotts to (Hwy River Canoochee Brier Creek (Burke Co.) Co.) (Taylor Creek Beaver River Apalachee 25) Route US (below River Altamaha Allatoona Creek (Cobb Co.) River Alapaha Gum Creek (Crisp Co.) Mitchell (Doughterty/Baker Cos.) Flint River Cos.) (Macow/Dooly/Worth/Lee Co.) (Taylor River Flint Flint River (Meriwether/Upson/Pike Cos.) Flint River (Spalding/Fayette Cos.) dam) 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 Coosa Stateline) (below River Conasauga Co.) Cohulla Creek (Whitfield Chickamauga Creek (West) (below Tesnatee Riv.) Crk.) Upatoi to Dam (Oliver River Chattahoochee I-85) to dam Point (West River Chattahoochee Lk.) Pt. West to Dam Falls (Morgan RiverChattahoochee Franklin) below Lk., Point West to Crk. (Pea RiverChattahoochee Crk.) Pea to Crk. (Peachtree RiverChattahoochee Crk.) Peachtree to Dam Falls (Morgan RiverChattahoochee Dam) Falls Morgan to Dam (Buford 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 <20" <20" <20" ≥20" ≥20" ≥20" Bass, Striped *

Bass, White Bluegill Bowfin Buffalo Bullhead Carp

Catfish, Blue 8–32" 18 –32" 18 >32" >32" <18" <18"

Catfish, Channel

Catfish, Flathead 16–30" >30" <16" Catfish, White Crappie Mullet, Striped Pickerel, Chain Redbreast Redhorse Redear Sucker Sunfish, Other Oostanaula RiverOostanaula (Floyd/Gordon Counties) Okefenokee (Billy’s Lake) (Emanuel/Toombs Cos.) McAllister) Ft. to (all River Ogeechee I-16) (at River Oconee (above Shoals) Barnett (Telfair/Wheeler Cos.) Co.) Bibb Macon, (below River Ocmulgee (near Thomasville) (above Albany) Mill Creek (Murray Co.) Valdosta) 133, Hwy Ga. (above River Little Lake) Hill Clarks (above River Little (above Albany) Holly Creek (Murray Co.) Withlacoochee River (Berrien/Lowndes Cos.) RiverWithlacoochee (Berrien/Lowndes Co.) Banks (Alto, River Trib. To Hudson Talking Rock Creek Swamp Creek (Redwine Cove Road) Sumac Creek (Murray Co.) Sugar Creek (Murray Co.) Co.) (Charlton River Mary's St. Co.) (Camden River Mary's St. Spring Creek (Seminole/Decatur/Miller Cos.) Shoals) Snapping Co., (Henry River South South River (Panola Shoals, Rockdale Co.) Co.) (Warren Creek Short Estuary) Savannah to & Dam Lock Bluff Savannah (New River Savannah Gate) (Tidal Savannah RiverCo.) (Effingham Savannah River (Chatham/Screven Cos.) &Dam) Lock Bluff Sav. New &below (above River Savannah Co.) Camden Folkston, (near River Satilla (Waycross, Ware/Pierce Cos.) Pipemaker Canal Co.) (Taylor Creek Patsiliga

†† * 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

Catfish, Flathead >30" <30" Catfish, White †† Crappie Mullet, Striped Pickerel, Chain Redbreast Redhorse Redear Sucker Sunfish, Other FRESHWATER FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES: LAKES Seminole Richard B. Russell Reed Bingham S.P. Rabun Oliver Nottely West PFA, McDuffie OcmulgeeLittle S. P. Lanier S.P. – Yohola L. Kolomoki Mounds S.P. – Kolomoki L. Ken Gardens Jackson PFA Gillis M. Hugh lake) of body (main Hartwell Arm) (Tugaloo Hartwell Hamburg Yonah Worth (Flint Reservoir) Worth (Chehaw Reservoir) Point West Varner Tribble Mill Pk. Pond (Gwinnett Co.) Tugalo Tobesofkee (Albany) Off-ramp Blvd. Slappy So. Goat Rock PFA County Evans Hill Clarks Carters (Augusta) Field Bush N. Pond Burton Blue Ridge PFA Lazer Big Blackshear Black Shoals (Randy Poynter) PFA CEWC Bennett Bear Cr. Reservoir Ferry Bartlett’s Banks Andrews Allatoona Acworth Pond By-Pass Albany 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" Bass, Hybrid 12-16” 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" 12-16" <16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >16" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >12" >16" >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

Carp >16" >16"

Crappie >12" >12"

Catfish, Blue

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

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

Sunfish, Redear

Walleye >16" >16" >16" 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 Striped Bass, Bivalves* Blue Crab BlackDrum, Drum, Red Flounder Sheepshead Southern Kingfish (Whiting) Spot Spotted Seatrout Striped Mullet Shrimp White Shrimp, Yellowtail (Silver Perch)

Turtle River System (Purvis, Gibson Crks.)

Turtle & Buffalo Rivers (upriver Hwy 303) (Hwy 303 to Channel Marker 9) Turtle River (C. Marker 9 & So. Brunswick River to Dubignons & Parsons Creeks) Terry Creek (South of Torras Causeway to Lanier Basin) Terry & Dupree Creeks (North of Torras Causeway to Confluence w/ Back River) Back River (1 mi. above Terry Creek to Confluence with Torras Causeway)

Back River (South of Torras Cswy. to St. Simons Sound) Floyd Creek Academy Creek Altamaha Estuary Hayner’s Creek (Savannah) North Newport (Upper), incl. Cay/Peacock Savannah Estuary ≥27" * Bivalves are all clams, mussels and oysters; Shellfish ban under National Shellfish Sanitation Program. KING MACKEREL SPECIAL JOINT STATE CONSUMPTION GUIDANCE ISSUED BY , , AND FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 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 Good Fishing Depends Harmful toxins called PCBs are stored in the hepato- pancreas (“the green gland” also known as the mustard, on Clean Water tomalley, or liver) found in the body section of blue crabs. Many of our rivers, lakes, and coastal areas are expe- riencing algae blooms that cover our favorite fishing Recent studies have shown that crabs in the Middle spots with green slime and cause fish kills and “dead Turtle River and Purvis and Gibson Creeks contain high zones” where no aquatic life can survive. The cause levels of PCBs. While the crab meat may still be eaten is usually nitrogen and phosphorus pollution that in recommended amounts, the hepatopancreas should comes from farm and lawn fertilizers, septic systems, not be eaten because of the high PCB levels. animal waste, and sewage treatment plants. Here’s If crabs are cooked whole, the juice should not be what you can do to keep the water clean: consumed. Because PCBs are transferred to cooking liquid, crab cooking liquid should also be discarded. • Take care not to • Use green practices: rain over fertilize barrels, rain gardens, and Cleaning crabs before you cook them ("backing" the • Pick up pet waste permeable pavements crabs and rinsing out the guts and the gills) reduces the and properly manage • Maintain septic systems risk of consuming PCBs. waste from livestock • Encourage your community to invest

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