| Illinois Fish Advisory | Cook County Water Bodies |
The following meal advisories for fish found with elevated levels of chlordane, methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are based primarily on protecting sensitive populations, particularly women of childbearing age, pregnant women, fetuses, nursing mothers and children younger than 15 years of age. All advisories may be overprotective for women beyond childbearing age and males 15 years of age and older. PLEASE NOTE: THE METHYLMERCURY ADVISORY APPLIES TO PREDATOR FISH – all species of black bass (largemouth, smallmouth and spotted), striped bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge and northern pike – IN ALL ILLINOIS WATERS. For more information on mercury in Illinois fish, see the "SPECIAL MERCURY ADVISORY", "Facts About Illinois' Methylmercury Advisory", "Facts About Illinois' Chlordane Advisory" and "Facts About Illinois' Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Advisory" |
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Lake Michigan 2) Busse Lake 3) Calumet River a.) Calumet River b.) Calumet Sag Channel c.) Little Calumet River 4) Campus Lake 5) Casey Fork Creek 6) Cedar Lake 7) Fox Chain-O-Lakes 8) Chicago River a.) Chicago River b.) North Branch c.) South Branch d.) North Shore Channel e.) Sanitary and Ship Channel 9) Crab Orchard Lake a.) East of Wolf Creek Road b.) West of Wolf Creek Road 10) Des Plaines River a.) Lockport to Kankakee River b.) Forest Park to Lockport 11) Fox River 12) Frank Holten Lakes 13) Galena River 14) Highland-Silver Lake 15) Horseshoe Lake 16) Illinois River a.) Peoria Pool b.) Starved Rock b.) Headwaters to Marseilles 17) Kaskaskia River 18) Kinkaid Lake 19) Kishwaukee River 20) Kishwaukee River South Branch 21) Lake Bracken 22) Lake Calumet 23) Lake Decatur 24) Lake Taylorville 25) Mackinaw River 26) Mazon River 27) Midlothian Reservoir 28) Missippippi River a.) Mississippi River b.) River except Pool 15 c.) Pool 15 d.) Wisconsin to Lock 26 e.) Lock 22 to Cairo 29) Ohio River 30) Pecatonica River 31) Powerton Lake 32) Rock River 33) Saganashkee Slough 34) Sangamon River 35) Schiller Pond 36) Skillet Fork Creek 37) Sangamon River South Fork 38) Sugar River 39) Sycamore Lake 40) Wabash River 41) Wolf Lake |
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