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Guidelines for Eating Michigan Fish and Wild Game

Michigan provides many wonderful recreational opportunities. Fishing and hunting are very popular outdoor activities. Fish and wild game can be a healthy addition to your diet. But some of the meat has chemicals that can be harmful to you and your family if eaten too often. Read the information on this website for more information and to find cleaning and cooking tips that help to remove harmful chemicals. Still have questions? Call the Michigan Department of Community Health at 1-800-648-6942.

Michigan Fish Advisories

Untitled Document Looking for the good fish? Use the information in the 2009 Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide to find fish that are low in chemicals. Learn how to clean and cook fish to remove chemicals from the fish that you eat.

Read the Eat Safe Fish brochure to learn more about why eating fish is good for you, as long as it's the right kind of fish.

Do you buy fish from a store or restaurant? Take the Avoid Mercury in Fish and Seafood Guide with you.

Use the mercury calculator to find out how much mercury is in the fish that you eat.

Do you live or fish in Michigan?
The Michigan Department of Community Health is working to create a new and improved Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide in 2010, and we need your help!

If you can spare 5 minutes or less, please take our fish advisory survey.
Thank you!

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Saginaw Bay Watershed

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Fishing in the Detroit area

Eating Michigan Wild Game

Wild Game in Michigan
Information about wild game advisories in Michigan.

Eating wild game has many health benefits, but there are some concerns about unsafe chemicals, such as lead from lead bullets or certain places in Michigan having chemical pollution, such as dioxin, that builds up in wild game.

Dioxin Information
Exposure to dioxins have been associated with health problems in study animals and in humans.

Catch and Eat

Check the Michigan Department of Natural Resources website for information on fishing and some great Fish Michigan! photos.

Watch this video from Purdue University and learn how to remove chemicals from fish by cleaning them properly.

Reports

Fish Consumption Advisory Reports
Reports on the Saginaw Bay Watershed and Detroit River Areas of Concern (AOCs)


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