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Special Fish Consumption Advisories
Eating Fish From Florida Waters with Dioxin, Pesticide, or Saxitoxin Contamination

Water Body Contaminant County Species Everyone
Emeralda Marsh Area 7 Pesticides Lake Largemouth bass, Brown bullhead catfish Do not eat
Pesticides Lake Black crappie One meal per month
Escambia River sourth of SR 184 to mouth of river PCBs Escambia Striped mullet
(prepared without skin)
One meal per week
Lake Apopka Pesticides Orange, Lake Brown bullhead catfish Do not eat
Lake Munson PCBs Leon Largemouth bass 19 inches or more One meal per month
Wagner Creek Dioxin Miami-Dade Checker puffer fish or Striped mojarra Do not eat
Indian River Lagoon and all coastal waters for the listed counties. Saxitoxin Brevard, Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie, Volusia All puffer fish Do not eat

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