Some lakes in the Detroit area Going fishing? have been stocked with catfish. If you fish from rivers in the Detroit area or Eat Safe Fish from these Lake Erie, use the picture below to decide lakes have which fish are safer for your family to eat. fewer chemicals Fish than the fish from the Detroit River and are safer to eat. in the Call the Michigan DNR at 1-248-359-9040 for more information about these fishing spots. Detroit Area Request a free copy. To find out more information or request a copy of the Michigan Family Fish Consumption A Guide to Guide, call 1-800-648-6942 or visit www.michigan.gov/ Buying and Catching Fish eatsafefish. that are Healthy for You and Your Family The Guide will help you find out which fish are safe for you and your family to eat from lakes and rivers in the Detroit area and throughout Michigan.

No one should eat carp or catfish from the Detroit River. Carp and catfish feed off the bottom of the river where a lot of the chemicals are found. These fish have more chemicals *If you eat fish and are a boy or girl under the age of 15, or a woman who is pregnant or could get pregnant, stored up in their body than other fish. please use the advisory for “Women & Children”. Most fish are a healthy Who is at greatest risk from Trim and cook your fish the right Mercury in Fish from the food choice, but some have harmful chemicals in fish? way to remove up to half of the Grocery Store or Restaurant* ;; Breast-fed babies chemicals! Mercury cannot be removed from fish by harmful chemicals in them. trimming and cooking. Use the following ;; Unborn babies ;; First, trim away the fat (see the picture below). Most of the chemicals are stored information to choose safer fish and seafood This brochure will help you ;; Children under 15 years old in the fat, except for mercury. Mercury from the grocery store or restaurant. ;; People with ongoing health cannot be removed from fish. You can eat these fish 2 meals a week: make good choices when problems such as heart Anchovies Catfish (farm-raised) eating fish. conditions, thyroid disorders ;; Take off the dark fatty tissue along the Crab Crawfish and immune system disorders backbone, sides Flatfish (flounder, sole) Herring and belly. Take Mullet Oysters out all organs, Perch (ocean or freshwater)** Pollock What are some of the health such as the liver Salmon (canned, frozen, fresh) Sardines problems that may occur from and stomach. Do Scallops Shrimp Squid Tilapia Are fish good for my family not eat any of eating these chemicals? these fish parts. Trout (freshwater) Whitefish** and me to eat? ;; Harm to a child’s brain development, -OR- YES! which can cause learning disorders and ;; Either remove You can eat these fish 1 meal a week: behavioral the skin or poke Cod Jack smelt Fish have a lot of problems holes in it before cooking. This allows fat Mahi mahi Sheepshead healthy protein, to drain off. Snapper Tuna (canned light) ;; Decrease in the vitamins and -OR- body’s ability to ;; Bake, broil or grill the fish so that the fat You can eat these fish 2 meals a month: minerals. fight off illness can drip away. Bass (sea, striped, rockfish) Bluefish ;; The oils found in fish are healthy for ;; Cancer Halibut Lobster babies and children ;; If you deep fry fish, throw the oil away Sablefish Scorpion fish ;; Liver damage when you’re done. Do not re-use the oil. Tuna (Albacore, canned white) Tuna (fresh, frozen) ;; Fish are low in saturated fat Weakfish (sea trout) ;; Eating fish may help prevent heart How much fish is in a “meal”? -OR- disease in adults You can eat these fish 1 meal a month: ;; For adults: A meal is 8 ounces of Grouper Mackerel uncooked fish, or 6 ounces of cooked fish Why are some fish unsafe to eat? Marlin Orange Roughy (about the size of a man’s Some of our lakes, rivers and oceans are hand). Do not eat these fish: polluted with harmful chemicals like PCBs, Shark, Swordfish, Tilefish, King dioxins or mercury. Many of these chemicals ;; For children: A meal is 4 Mackerel do not go away. In fact, they build up in the ounces of uncooked fish, parts of fish that you eat. Some fish have or 3 ounces of cooked fish * Based on FDA data. high amounts of chemicals that may cause (about the size of the palm ** If you catch these fish in Michigan, please see the Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide for more health problems if you eat them often. of a man’s hand). information.