Eating Ontario Fish (2015-16)

The 28th edition of the Guide to Eating Ontario Fish gives advice to anglers, subsistence fishers and their families, and First Nations and Métis communities for choosing fish caught from Ontario water bodies to minimize exposure to toxins. The guide compiles information for more than 2,300 locations around the province, including over 150 new locations.

Covering 2,370 locations across Ontario — including the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes — this guide includes:

• sizes and amounts of fish you can safely eat
• how to choose fish with the lowest levels of contaminants
• fish you should not eat (including special advice for children and pregnant women)
• how to prepare fish to reduce contaminants
• different contaminants found in Ontario fish

The guide can be used to identify species and angling destinations with lower contaminant levels.

New in this edition

• 150,000 new test results (based on analyzing 20,000 fish samples for contaminants)
• 150+ new locations added

Print copies are available at selected:

• Canadian Tire
• Walmart
• LCBO
• Bass Pro Shops
• Service Ontario locations
• many bait and tackle shops
• many outlets where fish licenses are issued