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Four-year-old Kaitlyn Marks watches her dad, Monty Marks of Augusta, cast his line into the Kennebec River in Augusta. Kaitlyn loves fish but never gets to eat any of the fish caught by her father. "It's all catch and release nowadays," he said. Staff photo by David A. Rodgers. |
Maine residents and tourists alike are virtually unaware of what the state's fish consumption warnings say, or to whom they apply. The state's effort to warn people about the dangers of mercury have failed, and criticism is surfacing.
Mercury's toxic shadow looms over fish-eaters
hough many remain ignorant, health regulations say children and women of childbearing age should eat no fish caught in fresh water.
Mercury problem potential poison for tourism
State regulators realize that additional
negative publicity could have a broad economic impact.
Contamination in fish weakens cultural link for Maine tribe
Catching and eating fish is a tradition no
longer passed on to many Penobscot children.
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