State Agencies Issue Advisory for Bayou D?Inde, Portions of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, and the Upper Calcasieu Estuary
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Release Date: 11/17/2016
Baton Rouge, La - The Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have issued a new advisory concerning fish and shellfish for Bayou D?Inde, the Calcasieu Estuary and the Calcasieu Ship Channel.
For Bayou D?Inde and the Calcasieu Ship Channel between channel markers #31 and #33, state agencies advise the following:
? Do not eat catfish
? Do not eat crab fat
? Limit consumption of other fish and shellfish to two meals per month
For the portion of the Calcasieu Estuary that lies north of channel marker #11 and is not already covered by the Bayou D?Inde/Calcasieu Ship Channel Advisory, state agencies advise the following:
? Do not eat crab fat
This advisory is in response to recent sampling and analysis of finfish and shellfish and is based on sampling data from 2011-2015. Shrimp, blue crab, oysters and finfish were tested for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and furans. Elevated levels of PCBs, dioxins and furans were found in the tissue (meat/fillet) of some species. Unacceptable levels of PCBs, dioxins and furans were also found in crab hepatopancreas (fat).
This advisory is issued as a precaution. For more information regarding this advisory, contact the Department of Health at 1-888-293-7020 or visit
www.ldh.la.gov/EatSafeFish.
11-18-2016, 04:52 PM
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