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mwmwai GU9E a slow lAfi 2 0 1976 ^ Fish Biologist Claims Superior Trout Scare Overemphasized MASQUERS -- Mfctigate latest scare over mateateatod ^ka Superior late treat temaktog tea mock of email mmpia, fimfatotogtetfaeltoree. . .. ..' ; Baaed an the present fteh tampteig. djf i peHgas* wnma tea oorfnnally eats ft* la rang and of a ctek * poies*> ig by the traces at mercury or aotectesriaated Mtek, POd, tcconBn te in Wr&L wngfat is * fteh afategtat SEthe MifWpBDepertmsjt f NattralBaeoarceaspeciai- mg te therTre* native to Lake Superior mft the pbated nadromous varieties tfte king salmon and cofaoe, - Wright, bead of the Great Lakes Fisheries writ of Ike SMB, i te charge of netting samples of Stgwrior tab impdlatliaia r study as te bahtt*, breeding, movement and tea Bba. he netted flab aw aba need by Water naemsrat Ownmteston nff for steely* trace dements.'He rsnrtrrtwf a study of itty lake trad off Biaek Hirer Harbor te the summer * 774. Tba *74 study was made te determine stocks of tea scent (fatly lake treat) and see if the pnydafien mould jppart comaaordal netting. . The latest scare came from Oak netted off Isle Itoyak. . Few. of the normal Mackinac (toaa lafca treat) sheer any ' ! the raogea^f hgh PCBs and nerery coats msasaed -te tha flbeevet and' tease that do are in fish 27 teehes or . htggm. Meat coasts are far below' the safety level of mmeery sotfPOBs, Wright said. \ ' / i of tea problem fishare the fete Stecowato and a Iter ; rery Mg Meckmnes and these fiah are rarefy tafcan by the ; areraga flahennan. . * Tha DNBr be said, is not marketing its experimental fatty toke tro* as a safety precaution. And the department also .advteae, agate as e precaWioo, that persona not eat mare than onemaai a reek of l*ke Superior laker*. The prehioa hi ttea lake largely lies wftb tea SUcowet and tee rery big Whan the tele Boyatefish were studied, fmiwdscista toad DOT and re& as POs and mercury. They said terete exceed ed the IS ports par miHtoB safety level of DDT and PCBs and ever tea firs ppm safe level sf meremy. might aaU a ten fish shared 12 to 14 ppm of PGBa bat agate, these more big Becfiret and a lav tag Hs said mast Lake Superior trout are far below tnb fire ppm maasiaii <or marcrey and lew ran more than one ppm of the tore! of teafire retardate chemical. i realistically., tea only prehteuis would be with . pregaant women who continually out fish. Tba sample te part of tee problem. Wright sud B-te eitiwndy eipeaaire to net simple* ad whew his department did the --iyw off life Borate It wa mostly interested hi Stemwot md very tew Marti- aaa were ecddaatdiy can**. Hum were rery lag* tea lahare m the 27 inches end better category. This leads,to a skewed sample store the few very hig tea token are only a very mmB port of ten Ison late treat pore totioo hi Superior. The sample probably te not ttattetterily representative of tee Labe Superior tea take tro* impelstiwi, Wright agreed in an interview. r The small lean liken are not a problem, he When tee DNR made a aoreeet of Sseooet off Hirer harbor two yearn age, a tea tro* were taka, to the sample, Wright arid. - Itereocs catching Grower can prepare them for eatta by csttiug off the befly fat and & fat skew tea and the bade and will probably bring the mareary * PCS* level below the toteranem recommended by ttm gtme, Wkte* advised. It Is probably good advice, a all large tie* taha ftmn Superior. \y x o z CO o u>