- Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:13 pm
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TPWD advisories
Houston/Galveston Area
Questions & Answers
Clear Creek upstream and west of Clear Lake in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris counties
Chemical of Concern:
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.
Houston Ship Channel and all contiguous waters north of the Fred Hartman Bridge, State Highway 146 including the San Jacinto River below the Lake Houston dam
Chemicals of Concern:Dioxins and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
For all species of fish and blue crabs, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Women of childbearing age and children under 12 should not consume any fish or blue crabs from this area.
Upper Galveston Bay and all contiguous waters north of a line drawn from Red Bluff Point to Five-Mile Cut Marker to Houston Point
Chemicals of Concern:Dioxins and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
For all species of catfish, spotted seatrout and blue crab, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Children under 12 and women of childbearing age should not consume spotted seatrout, blue crabs or any catfish species from this area.
Galveston Bay and all contiguous waters including Chocolate Bay, East Bay, Trinity Bay and West Bay
Chemicals of Concern:Dioxins and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
For all species of catfish, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month.
Children, and women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant should not consume catfish from these waters.
Last edited by SuperShane on Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.