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Interactive Map Shows Louisiana Waterways Unsafe To Swim Or Fish
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released an interactive map of advisories for fish consumption and/or swimming due to mercury or organic chemical contamination.
If you want to know if a local waterway isn’t safe for swimming or fishing, check the map and take a look. In addition to a mercury advisory covering the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, the following areas in Calcasieu Parish are indicated on the map.
Old River (Niblett Bluff)
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Calcasieu
Bayou d’Inde
Advisory for crab fat and fish consumption; advisory for swimming, water sports and contact with bottom sediments: PCBs, Dioxins, and Furans
Parishes: Calcasieu
Calcasieu River, Estuary to Gulf of Mexico
Advisory for crab fat: PCBs, Dioxins, and Furans
Parishes: Calcasieu and Cameron
Olden Bayou southwest of Lake Charles
Advisory for sediment contamination: Priority organics
Parishes: Calcasieu
Calcasieu River Drainage Basin
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, and Allen
Bayou Chene and Bayou Lacassine
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Jefferson Davis, Calcasieu, and Cameron
[DEQ]
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