Examples of Evaluation Studies

These are some evaluation studies that have been completed. FCA managers may look at these to get ideas on methodologies, questions, etc.

• Summary of Responses to the 2010 National Survey of Fish Advisory Programs with Appendix A (EPA, 2011)
  • Appendix B, Questionnaire Response Database (pdf) (11.92 MB)  (EPA, 2012)
    Provides summary results from a survey of state fish advisory program assessment methodologies, risk management approaches and risk communication procedures. Appendix A includes the survey questionnaire. Appendix B provides the summary of each state's response.
• Survey on the Awareness and Effectiveness of the Mississippi Delta Fish Consumption Advisory (pdf) (1.6 MB)  (EPA, 2010)
  Developed in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Survey Evaluating Effectiveness of Mississippi Delta Fish Advisories Fact Sheet (pdf) (244.88 KB)  (June 2012)
• Recommended Study Design for a Survey to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Mississippi Delta Fish Advisories (EPA, 2007)
  Provides a survey instrument and recommended methodology for assessing the awareness and effectiveness of the Mississippi Delta Fish Consumption Advisory issued by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in 2001.
• Upper Mississippi River Fish Consumption Advisories - State Approaches (PDF) (Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, August 2005)
  This report describe states’ existing approaches to sampling fish tissue, developing and issuing fish consumption advisories, and using those advisories in assessing water quality and listing impaired waters. Options for enhancing the consistency of fish consumption advisories on the Upper Mississippi River were identified and discussed at a 2005 workshop. Those discussions formed the basis for subsequent discussions at a May 23-24, 2005 consultation meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota. At that meeting, representatives from state agencies and the EPA developed the conclusions and recommendations contained in this report.