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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Connecticut

Fish Consumption Advisories & Signage

for Housatonic River PCBs

April 27, 2016 Susan Peterson & Michael Humphreys (CT DEEP) & Sharee Rusnak (CT DPH) U.S. EPA Housatonic River Citizens Coordinating Council - Connecticut Subcommittee Meeting Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village, CT


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CT Fish Consumption Advisories

Statewide Freshwater Advice

Housatonic River Area

Other CT Fresh Waterbodies

Long Island Sound



Main Message: Eat Fish Safely Fish Important Protein Source

Important Source for Subsistence Fishing Groups

Some Locally Caught or Store-bought Fish Unsafe Especially for High Risk Groups

Focus on Safer Fish

People Can Eat Fish If They Follow Guidelines



Fish Contaminants Are Public Health Risks

Key Contaminants: Mercury & PCBs

Present in Some Fish at Harmful Levels

Greatest Risk to Fetus, Newborns



DPH Risk Assessment

Human & Animal Studies Used

Converted to Advisory Levels in Fish Based Upon How Much Fish Eaten Per Meal

Consensus Among Health & Environmental Agencies Re: Health Call



Understanding Health Risks

Guidance Is Meant to Be Health Protective

Previous Exposures Were Not Necessarily Harmful

One Fish Meal Will Not Make You Sick or Harm Fetus

Allow some fish to be eaten while clean-up activities happen



Contaminant Health Effects

PCBs Toxic to Many Organs, Immune System

Causes Cancer in Lab Studies

Behavioral Effects If Fetus Exposed



High Risk Groups

Pregnant Women

Women Planning Pregnancy within 1 year

Children Under 6

Breastfeeding Mothers



Housatonic River Above Derby Dam Trout, Catfish, Eels, Carp, Northern Pike

Do Not Eat (Everyone)

Bluegill, Bullheads, Fallfish Limit 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)

Bass, White Perch Do Not Eat (High Risk) Limit 1 Meal per 2 Months (Low Risk)

Panfish 1 Meal per Month (High Risk) 1 Meal per Week (Low Risk)



Lakes Along the Housatonic River And Tributaries

Lakes Zoar, Housatonic, and Lillinonah -1 Meal per Month for Bass and White Perch (Everyone) -Other Species: See Advice for River

Furnace Brook (Cornwall) -Trout: 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)

Blackberry River (North Canaan - below Blast Furnace) -Smallmouth Bass: 1 Meal per Month (Everyone)



CT Fish Consumption Advisories

Methods of Communication: o CT DPH & CT DEEP websites o Brochures o CT DEEP Annual Anglers Guide o Signage o Other


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Annual Housatonic Trout Stocking in CT

Cornwall TMA 19,000 trout Bulls Bridge TMA 8,500 trout private stocking ~4,000 trout

Total 31,500 trout


19-inch holdover Brown Trout

Rainbow Trout

Wild Brown Trout

Smallmouth Bass

Largemouth bass

White Perch

White Catfish

Northern Pike

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Warning to People Who Fish .\lthoul,!h m,uw li:,h in Connecticut are safe and healthy to eat, some fish from C'onawdicut wi1tt>rs hove dangerous ch emicals in them.

Housatonic River Upstream of the Derby Dam

Includes: Lake Zoar Lake Lillinonah Lake Housatonic

Pregnant women, women who plan to become pregnant anrl children under six should not eat fish from the Housatonic River upstream of the Derby Dam. Others should not eat Catfish, Carp, Eels or Trout from the Housatonic River. People other than pregnant women and children under six should eat no more than one meal every two months of Bass, While Perch and Bullheads.

If you follow this advice, you and your family will be safe and healthy eating fish caught in Connecticut waters.

For more information, call the Connecticut Department of Publit: Heallh (860) 509-7742, or the Department of Environmental Protection (860) 424-3474.

Worn.mg to Fi.~hS!rmen nnd Their Families has been produced as o collaborative proJect of Connecticut's Department of Public Health and Environmental Protect.inn.

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CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisory Signage

Posted locations:

117 access points on upper 50 miles (English and Spanish)

25 boat launches and parks on lower 3 impoundments

(English, Spanish, and 4 Asian languages)



CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisories

Feedback on effectiveness:

Environmental Conservation Officers

2008 Angler Survey

2013 Angler Survey

2012 Lake Lillinonah Angler Survey


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CT Housatonic PCBs Fish Consumption Advisory Signage

Future Sign Posting Considerations:

Need for updated signage (cost; funding availability) New design (message complicated; many languages) Use of universal symbols (feasibility)


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Questions? CT DEEP Susan Peterson - Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse - Planning &

Standards Division; [email protected]; (860)424-3854 Michael Humphreys - Bureau of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries Division;

[email protected]; (860)567-8998 For info on 2016 Connecticut Anglers Guide on CT DEEP website:

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322688&deepNav_GID=16 30

CT DPH Sharee Rusnak Site Assessment & Chemical Risk Unit Environmental &

Occupational Health Assessment Program; [email protected]; (860)509-7583

For info on Connecticuts Fish Consumption Advisory and the Safe Eating of Fish Caught in Connecticut on CT DPH website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387460&dphNav_GID=182 8&dphPNavCtr=|#47464


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