The Ontario MNR has produced a new version “Guide to Eating Sportfish in Ontario”. There is some interesting stats and warnings in their book.
The MNR describes their book this way:
The Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish is published every other year by the Ministry of the Environment in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources. Staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of the Environment collect fish and send them to the Ministry of the Environment laboratory in Toronto. The fish are analyzed for a variety of substances, including mercury, PCBs, mirex, DDT and dioxins. The results are used to develop the tables in the Guide, which give size-specific consumption advice for each species tested from each location. This advice is based on health protection guidelines developed by Health Canada.
The site also warns that,
Women of child-bearing age and children under 15 are more sensitive to the effects of contaminants found in some sport fish.
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