Santee Cooper Lakes (Entire Canal), One meal per week, Bowfin (Mudfish) Largemouth Bass, No Restrictions, Blue Catfish Channel Catfish Redbreast Sunfish Bluegill Redear Sunfish Back to Advisory Map
Entire Creek (Berkeley County), One meal per week, Bowfin (Mudfish), No Restrictions, Blue Catfish Bluegill Chain Pickerel Largemouth Bass Redbreast Sunfish Warmouth Redear Sunfish Back to Advisory Map
Entire River to Willtown Bluff, DO NOT EAT ANY, Bowfin (Mudfish) Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Chain Pickerel Flathead Catfish, One meal per week, Black Crappie Bluegill Redbreast Sunfish Redear Sunfish, One meal per month, Blue Catfish Back to Advisory Map
Fish Consumption Advisories, ***PCB Advisory*** , Information on cooking and cleaning fish to reduce PCBs, One meal per month, Black Crappie Blue Catfish Channel Catfish Largemouth Bass White Bass Back to Advisory Map
Entire Swamp, DO NOT EAT ANY, Bowfin (Mudfish) Largemouth Bass Chain Pickerel, One meal per week, Bluegill Redbreast Sunfish Redear Sunfish Warmouth Back to Advisory Map
From NC/SC Border to I-95 in Dillon County, SC Fish Consumption Advisories, ***PCB Advisory*** , Information on cooking and cleaning fish to reduce PCBs, One meal per month, Blue Catfish, One meal per week, Largemouth Bass Bowfin (Mudfish) Redear Sunfish, From I-95 to Winyah Bay, One meal per month, Bowfin (Mudfish) Largemouth Bass, One meal per week, Redear Sunfish, No Restrictions, Black Crappie Bluegill Channel Catfish Warmouth Back to Advisory Map
An advisory is issued when SCDES determines by sampling and analysis that mercury exceeds safe limits for consuming those fish., What Is An Advisory?, An advisory is the advice given for how much of a certain type of fish you should eat in a particular waterbody. Advisories will be one of the following: 8 oz of raw fish is size of 2 decks of cards, No Restrictions, - eat as many as you'd like of that fish from that waterbody., One meal a week, - only eat that type of fish once in that, week, and eat no other fish with an advisory within that, same week, ., One meal a month, - only eat that type of fish once in that, month, and eat no other fish with an advisory within that, same month, ., Do Not Eat Any, - you should not eat any of that type of fish from that waterbody, Portion Sizes, All advisories are based on 1 meal of fish 1 meal of fish = ½ pound or 8 ounces of uncooked fish 8 ounces of uncooked fish = about the size of 2 decks of playing cards
Lake Hartwell, Fish Consumption Advisories, ***PCB Advisory*** , Information on cooking and cleaning fish to reduce PCBs, 12 Mile Creek, DO NOT EAT ANY , All Species of Fish, Seneca River Arm, DO NOT EAT ANY , All Species of Fish, All Remaining Waters , High levels of Mercury have also been found in Largemouth Bass and Spotted Bass, DO NOT EAT ANY , Hybrid/Striped Bass, One meal per month, Channel Catfish Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass, State of Georgia advisory for Lake Hartwell, (Tugaloo Arm), DO NOT EAT ANY , Hybrid/Striped Bass over 16 inches, One meal per month , Channel Catfish over 16 inches Hybrid/Striped Bass 12-16 inches Largemouth Bass over 16 inches, One meal per week , Largemouth Bass less than 16 inches, No Restrictions , Black Crappie Channel Catfish less than 16 inches Hybrid/Striped Bass less than 12 inches Back to Advisory Map