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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released a new guide to help residents make the right choice when deciding if they should eat their catch.
The Eat Safe Fish Guide provides consumption guidelines for locally caught fish. Guidelines are determined by testing chemical levels found in the sections of fish people eat, typically filets. Test results are used to determine what safe long-term consumption looks like.
Guidelines provide recommendations for 696 bodies of water throughout the state. The department relaxed 59 guidelines and increased protections on 65.
These guidelines are not laws or regulations. They are meant to protect the population at large, including children, pregnant or breastfeeding women and people with health issues.
The full guidelines are available at michigan.gov.
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