Wichita — State health officials are warning people not to eat the fish caught in some Kansas lakes and rivers.
The Wichita Eagle reported that people are being warned not to eat bottom-feeding fish taken from the Arkansas River between the Lincoln Street dam in Wichita and Cowskin Creek near Belle Plaine.
They’re also suggesting that people limit their consumption of any species of fish taken from the Little Arkansas River between Valley Center and the river’s confluence with the Arkansas River in Wichita. A monthly maximum of one eight-ounce serving for adults or one four-ounce serving for children is recommended.
The Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism compiled this year’s consumption advisory.
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smitty 1 year, 4 months ago
http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Fishing/Are-My-Fish-Safe-To-Eat
Kansas recommends not eating specified fish or aquatic life from the following locations:
1.The Kansas River from Lawrence (below Bowersock Dam) downstream to Eudora at the confluence of the Wakarusa River (Douglas and Leavenworth counties) because of PCB levels in bottom-feeding fish (carp, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, bullheads, sturgeons, buffalos, carpsuckers and other sucker species);........
.......Kansas counties with current fish consumption advisories include: Cherokee, Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Reno, Sedgwick and Sumner counties. .....
Does the JW eitorial staff not know how to google the KDHE and get the report for the Kansas River in Lawrence? Hint hint..the staff has been under criticism for the weal and missing local data....maybe this example of poor reporting will help the staff understand even if when the management is lacking.
smitty 1 year, 4 months ago
google and you will see that was only one of many reports published. WE have had [do not eat the fish] reports for years in Lawrence and any one that is connected to our town knows that.
What we have in the JW reporting is further evidence of the weak and disconnected reporting from what is actually happening in Lawrence and without any evidence of being able to adequately use their computers to research the local news. bau
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year, 4 months ago
If you catch a wall-eyed pike and it has 17 eyes, just throw it back.
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