Mantua fishing/eating

[Miles Fitzrobert]

Mantua has not received nearly the amount of study and press that  Utah Lake has had.  I am attaching a couple of PDF files on the findings on algae and cyanotoxins from Utah Lake.  These do a good job of explaining what the potential problems might be. 



I have been following the Utah Lake situation for several years.  I have attended a few meetings of the Utah Lake Commission and have had access to quite a few of the news releases and studies.  My understanding of the algae situation in Mantua is that it is not nearly as serious or long-lasting as that in Utah Lake.  And the overall consensus for Utah Lake is that exposure to...or drinking...the algae infected water is more dangerous than eating the fish during an algae bloom.

In short, in spite of the fact that lots of folks still keep and eat fish from Utah Lake during algae blooms there has been no verifiable incidence of someone suffering a medical condition as a result of eating fish with algae contamination.  And, as the one PDF file points out, properly cleaning the fish...and removing all the guts and oily tissues...will greatly reduce whatever cyanotoxins have accumulated in the fish.  But...as also pointed out...each person has to decide individually what course they wish to follow.

Thanks much, I'll give these a read!