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Fish consumption advisories from the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Sampling Blocks, summarized by species within each Regional Unit; data is part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters. |
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Fish consumption advisories from the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Sampling Blocks, summarized by species within each Regional Unit; data is part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters. |
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) - Strategic Policy Branch - RDGO
Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Guide to Eating Ontario Fish: advisory database: https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/guide-to-eating-ontario-fish-advisory-database |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>This data was derived as part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters. Sampling block locations and associated consumption advisories were extracted from the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Guide to Eating Ontario Fish. The number of meals per month recommended for certain fish species and size classes were summarized based on the average total meals per month. This was used to assign low, moderate or high stress to each Regional Unit.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Points represent the centroid of a Regional Unit.</SPAN><SPAN> An average of -99 indicates that there was no data for that species/size class.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Note that some Sampling block locations are used to assess Fish Consumption within more then one Regional Unit. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Low Stress: 8 or more meals per month; Moderate Stress: between 1 and 7 meals per month; High Stress: less than 1 meal per month</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>LAKE ERIE: Smallmouth Bass (size class:20-45 cm), Yellow Perch (size class:20-30 cm) and Walleye (size class: 35-55 cm); Guide Years 2015, 2017</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>LAKE ONTARIO: Northern Pike (size class: 50-70 cm), Yellow Perch (size class: 20-30 cm) and Walleye (size class: 35-55 cm); Guide Years 2015, 2017</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>LAKE SUPERIOR: Lake Trout (size class: 40-70 cm), Lake Whitefish (size class: 40-60 cm) and Yellow Perch (size class: 20-30 cm); Guide Years 2015, 2017, 2020</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>LAKE </SPAN><SPAN>HURON</SPAN><SPAN>: </SPAN><SPAN>Walleye (size class 35-60cm) and Yellow Perch (size class 20-30cm) in all Regional Units; Smallmouth Bass (size class 30-50cm) in the North Channel and eastern Georgian Bay; Rainbow Trout (size class 40-70 cm) and Lake Trout (size class 45-70 cm) in southern Georgian Bay and the main basin)</SPAN><SPAN>. Guide Years 2015, 2017 & 2020.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Great Lakes Nearshore Waters: Fish Consumption |
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["Great Lakes","Lake Superior","Lake Huron","Lake Ontario","Lake Erie","Nearshore Framework","water quality","ecosystem health","cumulative stress","Human Use","Fish Consumption"] |
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