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An interactive mercury map is available below for the Wisconsin lakes where GLIFWC member tribes harvest maazhiginoozhe. Each lake on the map displays how many meals of maazhiginoozhe per month from that lake have been deemed safe to eat. Fewer meals are recommended for children under the age of 15 and women of childbearing age in order to protect the developing brain of the fetus or child from the potential detrimental effects of mercury. To reduce your exposure, GLIFWC recommends that you limit the number of servings of musky eaten per month due to mercury in these fish. Follow the instructions below to promote the safe consumption of maazhiginoozhe. Instructions on how to use the maps are found below and on the left dashboard panel of the map. Scroll down to view the interactive maazhiginoozhe map or click the button below to view in a separate link.
Click button above to enlarge map in a separate link
To Promote Safe Consumption of Maazhiginoozhe, follow instructions here:
To Promote Safe Consumption of Maazhiginoozhe, follow instructions here:
- Sort and label maazhiginoozhe prior to freezing
- Put maazhiginoozhe under 46" in bags labeled "under 46 inches"
- Put maazhiginoozhe over 46" in bags labeled "over 46 inches"
- Label bags with the name of the lake where he fish were harvested
- Follow the advice provided on the mercury maps for the maximum safe number of maazhiginoozhe meals per month
- Eat smaller maazhiginoozhe (those under 46" inches) and maazhiginoozhe from lakes with lower mercury levels such as those lakes color-coded blue or green as seen on mercury maps
Instruction for Using Map
Instruction for Using Map
1. Zoom in on the map panel and click on each musky lake to display the advice for both populations and both fish size categories.
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2. Click on the color bar charts to see which lakes fall under a specific population and size combination. Clicking on more than one color bar will display lakes that meet all selected categories. Click on the selected bar(s) again to reset.
Other Maazhiginoozhe Materials
Other Maazhiginoozhe Materials
GLIFWC Maazhiginoozhe (Muskellunge) Consumption Brochure
To receive printed brochure, please contact pio@glifwc.orgGLIFWC Maazhiginoozhe (Muskellunge) Consumption Brochure
GLIFWC report on Mercury-Based Consumption Advice for Wisconsin Ceded Territory Muskellunge
Click on the pop out button on the upper right hand corner of the document to access it in a separate linkGLIFWC report on Mercury-Based Consumption Advice for Wisconsin Ceded Territory Muskellunge
Musky Consumption Advice Memo Mar2020 Update.pdfGLIFWC • P.O. Box 9 – 72682 Maple Street • Odanah, WI 54861 • (715) 682-6619 • glifwc.org
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