Interactive Map Shows Louisiana Waterways Unsafe To Swim Or Fish

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released an interactive map of advisories for fish consumption and/or swimming due to mercury or organic chemical contamination.

If you want to know if a local waterway isn’t safe for swimming or fishing, check the map and take a look. In addition to a mercury advisory covering the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, the following areas in Calcasieu Parish are indicated on the map.

Old River (Niblett Bluff)
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Calcasieu

Bayou d’Inde
Advisory for crab fat and fish consumption; advisory for swimming, water sports and contact with bottom sediments: PCBs, Dioxins, and Furans
Parishes: Calcasieu

Calcasieu River, Estuary to Gulf of Mexico
Advisory for crab fat: PCBs, Dioxins, and Furans
Parishes: Calcasieu and Cameron

Olden Bayou southwest of Lake Charles
Advisory for sediment contamination: Priority organics
Parishes: Calcasieu

Calcasieu River Drainage Basin
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, and Allen

Bayou Chene and Bayou Lacassine
Advisory for Fish Consumption: Mercury
Parishes: Jefferson Davis, Calcasieu, and Cameron

[DEQ]