Mason Hoffman enjoys fishing as a member of Pack 9058 in Bulloch County Parks and Recreation After School Program. Should he eat the fish he catches from the lake? How can he tell if the water quality is clean and risk free? Comment on your thoughts below.
How can we tell if the fish is safe to eat?
ReplyDeleteDebbie,
ReplyDeleteBioaccumulation and biomagnification of toxins cause fish unsafe.
Toxic fish should not be eaten. Please watch the attached YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5YNm575dQ
Look for warning signs posted around public fishing areas.
What about areas that may be fed from the same source(s) as public fishing places but don't necessarily get posted warnings (not regularly maintained/monitored by the "powers that be") seems that this query predicts the end to the days of pulling over at a small out of the way quiet creek or water source to fish, since you won't be able to safely determine if the water is clean and/or what you "catch" isn't tainted and harmful to you if consumed?
ReplyDeleteAre there kits available/affordable and easy to use & understand to the general public that might allow us to determine if our catch is able to be kept and consumed, if we felt a water source or the stock within it might be questionable?
Food for thought… I never think of these things unless provided with constant information through a public dissemination/alerting sources and then it's only in the fore front and mindful because of what's making the latest eco-disaster/contaminant headline and not necessarily the other surrounding tributaries and watering holes that will be effected through the watershed or leeching method.