Mercury pollution

[KyDr.B]

I hear you Cork. This is a pretty tough playground, and sometimes folks get sand kicked in their face, but it's a good crowd. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say everybody on this board cares about the quality of the water they fish in and the fish they may or may not want to take home to eat here in the state of Kentucky. That said, I don't care if you're a UK fan or a UofL fan, a republican or a democrat, mercury will still poison your young child or pregnant wife just the same. I'm hoping this is the one very important issue, which I feel is being criminally overlooked, that we can all discuss as fishermen, not partisans.

[WetFoot]

Yes, mercury is a huge issue. Seafood retailers have long glossed over the issue. The longer a speicies lives, the more mercury is bioaccumulated. We all know that long lived pelagic species sucah as tuna and swordfish have mercury. I was shocked to see the advisories for lake cumberland bass in the last KY fish and wildlife book. Where is the public outcry?? Mercury levels in freshwater species is not just an outdoorsman issue, but a public health issue and should be addressed.