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CONTAMINATED FISH HOW MANY MEALS ARE SAFE PER MONTH? …
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CONTAMINATED FISH
HOW MANY MEALS ARE SAFE PER MONTH?
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The ecological concerns with
4 3 2 1 /2 0 how these fish are caught or
farmed are:
Fish is generally healthy to eat, but you should eat some types
infrequently, if at all. This chart lists the most contaminated Considerable
fish, and how much can safely be eaten each month (assuming
no other contaminated fish is consumed). The advice is based Moderate
on EPA guidance and the latest mercury and PCB data. See the
green sections below for safer seafood options. Variable
Older Younger
Fish Women Men
children children Reason for advisory
American and European eel · 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
Sturgeon (wild) · 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
·
Striped bass (wild) 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
Alewife and shad· 0 0 0 0 PCBs
Bluefish· 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
Weakfish· 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
Bluefin tuna· 0 0 0 0 PCBs, mercury
White croaker· 0 0 0 0 PCBs
King mackerel· 0 1
/2 0 0 Mercury
Swordfish· 0 1 0 0 Mercury
Shark· 0 1 0 0 Mercury
Marlin· 0 1 0 0 Mercury
Summer and winter flounder · 1 1 1
/2 1
/2 PCBs
·
Atlantic croaker 1 1 1
/2 1
/2 PCBs
Opah/moonfish· 1 1 1 1
/2 Mercury
Atlantic or farmed salmon · 1 1 1 1
/2 PCBs
Orange roughy · 2 1 1 1
/2 Mercury
Spotted seatrout· 2 2 1 1 PCBs, mercury
Spanish mackerel· 2 2 1 1 Mercury
Blue crab· 2 2 1 1 PCBs, mercury
Chilean seabass· 2 2 1 1 Mercury
Lingcod· 2 2 1 1 Mercury
Wahoo· 2 2 1 1 Mercury
Grouper· 3 2 2 1 Mercury
Tuna (fresh or frozen) · 3 2 2 1 Mercury
·
Eastern/American oyster (wild) 3 3 2 1 PCBs
Albacore tuna (canned white)· 3 3 2 1 Mercury
Salmon (wild-CA, OR, WA)· 3 2 1 PCBs
Tilefish· 4 3 2 Mercury
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Halibut· 3 2 Mercury
Sablefish· 3 2 Mercury
Pacific rockfish· 3 2 Mercury
Mahimahi/dolphinfish· 3 2 Mercury
Snapper· 3 2 Mercury
Black seabass· 3 2 PCBs, mercury
English sole· 3 2 PCBs
Florida pompano· 3 Mercury
Monkfish·
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3 Mercury
SAFE TO EAT
Skate· AT LEAST 3 Mercury
ONCE PER WEEK
Pacific pollock· 3 PCBs
Tuna (canned light)· 3 Mercury
These fish are also safe to eat at least once per week: anchovies, clams, king crab (U.S.),
snow crab, Pacific cod, crawfish (U.S.), Atlantic herring (U.S./Canada), spiny lobster (U.S./
Baja/Australia), Atlantic mackerel, blue mussels, farmed oysters, wild Alaskan salmon,
sardines, scallops, shrimp (U.S./Canada), squid, tilapia (U.S./Latin America), rainbow trout.
Women: These advisories are for women ages 1875, with a body weight of 144 pounds and a
meal size of 6 ounces (a little more than one-third pound) of fish before cooking.
Men: These advisories are for men ages 1875, with a body weight of 172 pounds and a meal
size of 8 ounces (one-half pound) of fish before cooking.
Older children: These advisories are for children ages 612, with a body weight of 67 pounds
and a meal size of 4.5 ounces (a little more than one-quarter pound) of fish before cooking.
Younger children: These advisories are for children ages 06, with a body weight of 32 pounds
and a meal size of 3 ounces (a little less than one-quarter pound) of fish before cooking.
Teens: Follow the advisory above that most closely matches individual body weight and meal size.
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