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Fish consumption advisories by state

Every U.S. state publishes fish consumption advisories, in wildly different formats — 80-page PDFs, ArcGIS layers, spreadsheets. Livewell ingests all of them and standardizes them into one schema: 39,636 advisories across 4,589 waters, each traceable to its official source.

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StateWatersAdvisoriesOfficial source
Alaska — 3 Alaska Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Guidelines
Alabama 98 148 Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management — Fish Consumption Advisories
Arkansas 26 157 Arkansas Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Arizona 24 76 Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality — Fish Consumption Advisories
California 155 1660 California OEHHA — Fish Consumption Advisories
Colorado 5 63 Colorado CDPHE — Fish Consumption Advisories
Connecticut 6 22 Connecticut DPH — If I Catch It, Can I Eat It?
Delaware 12 14 Delaware DNREC — Fish Consumption Advisories
Florida 426 4079 Florida Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Georgia 105 250 Georgia EPD — Guidelines for Eating Fish from Georgia Waters
Hawaii — 5 Hawaii Dept. of Health (HEER) — A Local Guide to Eating Fish Safely
Iowa 2 12 Iowa DNR — Fish Consumption & Safety
Idaho 19 41 Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare — Fish Consumption Advisory Project
Illinois 121 432 Illinois Dept. of Public Health — Fish Advisories
Indiana 234 2538 Indiana Dept. of Health / IDEM / DNR — Indiana Fish Consumption Advisory
Kansas 9 24 Kansas KDHE — Fish Tissue Contaminant Monitoring
Kentucky 8 33 Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet — Fish Advisories
Louisiana 59 243 Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality — Fish Consumption Advisories
Massachusetts 276 737 Massachusetts DPH — Freshwater Fish Consumption Advisory List
Maryland 106 1416 Maryland Dept. of the Environment — Fish Consumption Advisories
Maine 27 46 Maine CDC — Freshwater Fish Safe Eating Guidelines
Michigan 566 4824 Michigan EGLE — Eat Safe Fish Guide
Minnesota — 30 Minnesota Department of Health — Fish Consumption Guidelines
Missouri 15 36 Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services — Fish Advisory
Mississippi 8 28 Mississippi DEQ — Fish Tissue Advisories
Montana 84 752 Montana FWP/DPHHS/DEQ — Sport Fish Consumption Guidelines
North Carolina 34 161 North Carolina DHHS — Fish Consumption Advisories
North Dakota 4 156 North Dakota DEQ — Guide to Safe Eating of Fish Caught in North Dakota
Nebraska 23 75 Nebraska DWEE — Fish Consumption Advisories
New Hampshire 9 34 New Hampshire DES — Fish Consumption Guidelines
New Jersey 16 108 New Jersey DEP — Fish Smart, Eat Smart NJ
New Mexico 26 219 New Mexico Environment Dept. — Fish Consumption Advisories
Nevada 5 7 Nevada Div. of Public & Behavioral Health / NDOW — Mercury in Fish
New York 148 1044 New York State Dept. of Health — Chemicals in Sportfish and Game
Ohio 204 648 Ohio EPA / Ohio Dept. of Health — Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
Oklahoma 4 12 Oklahoma DEQ — Healthy Fish Consumption
Oregon 17 48 Oregon Health Authority — Fish Consumption Advisories
Pennsylvania 108 143 Pennsylvania DEP / Fish & Boat Commission — Fish Consumption Advisories
Rhode Island 4 22 Rhode Island Dept. of Health — Eating Fish Safely
South Carolina 81 279 South Carolina Dept. of Environmental Services — Fish Consumption Advisories
South Dakota 36 47 South Dakota Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Tennessee 58 146 Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation — Fish Advisories
Texas 12 42 Texas Dept. of State Health Services — Fish Consumption Advisories
Utah 48 216 Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality (DWQ) — Fish Consumption Advisories
Virginia 1267 17758 Virginia Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Vermont 4 38 Vermont Dept. of Health — Mercury in Fish
Washington 77 362 Washington State Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advisories
Wisconsin 2 40 Wisconsin DNR Choose Wisely
West Virginia 11 57 West Virginia DHHR — Fish Consumption Advisories
Wyoming — 9 Wyoming Game & Fish / Dept. of Health — Fish Consumption Advice

A state showing no waters publishes statewide guidance rather than per-water advisories — open it to see the rules.

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