State officials host meeting about fish consumption advisory

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. — State officials are holding a meeting Monday night concerning a warning from state health officials about consumption of bass in one area of West Tennessee.

Representatives from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will be available Monday night at Paris Landing State Park to help answer questions about a recent precautionary fish consumption advisory issued for the Big Sandy River.

TDEC recently announced the addition of Big Sandy River on Kentucky Reservoir to Tennessee’s list of precautionary fish consumption advisories.

The advisory is a result of fish tissue levels of mercury exceeding the trigger point of 0.3 parts per million.

The Big Sandy River is in Henry, Benton, Carroll and Henderson counties of West Tennessee.