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QUOTE (Disco @ Feb 04, 2025 - 08:51 pm)
Flukes I completely agree. Us old guys just send it. ?
Also the smaller size just isn’t tested and would be as good or better than the first sample size. Bioaccumlation happens with age so bigger is worse. ??
For sure....that is usually the case. Smaller is better and mostly due to bio-accumulation. There are some things that can change what is found in the tissues. Some "populations" of the same species in the same body of water may eat a different diet and so may different levels. And spawning females maybe a bit different than males as well since they will transfer some of their fat-loving contaminants into their eggs and kind of "clean" their bodies of those kinds of contaminants. Males will just keep accumulating and not really pass on anything to offspring. Worse for mammals that feed offspring breast milk as a lot of it is passed through breast milk. First borns are the worst off with contaminant loads from moms. That's why a much lower level of fish is recommended for women of child-bearing age and kids (they will have longer to accumulate more)...old males - we have the largest loads but they don't care because we won't be passing them onto our kids. We just go crazy wanting to fish, fish and fish more
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