South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

We promote and protect the health of the public and the environment.

• Fish Advisories Home
• Advisories
• Advisory Booklet
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• Are You at a Greater Risk?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Detailed Map
• Mercury vs. PCBs
• Common Fish in SC
• Brochures
• Radio PSAs
• Changes in Advisories from the previous year
• 2007 Survey Results
• Take Our Short Survey
• Making Sense of Mercury
• FDA's Seafood Advice
• EPA's National Fish Advisory Database
• Fish Advisories for other States
• Fishing games for Kids & Parents

Fish are a good source of protein, vitamins, and minerals.  These advisories tell you the right amounts and types of fish to eat in South Carolina waters.  SC DHEC and the Department of Natural Resources work together to provide these advisories, which tell you the right amounts and types of fish to eat in South Carolina waters.

 

 

Fish Consumption Advisories

• Maps, tables, & listings of the advisory information.

 

Are you at a Greater Risk?

• The high-risk group
• Advice for these groups

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

NO ADVISORIES

• Eat as many fish as you'd like from these waterbodies.

"DO NOT EAT ANY" Advisories

• Listing of all the places where you should not eat certain types of fish.

 

How to follow the Advisories

• How much is one meal of fish?
• What is an advisory?

Cleaning & Cooking Fish

• Note: Cleaning & cooking methods can help reduce PCBs, but will not remove mercury contaminants.

 

Learn more about our fish advisory program

• How DHEC determines an advisory
• The standard DHEC uses to issue mercury advisories
• Outreach efforts to increase awareness

 

 

 

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