Check Fishing Advisories Before You Eat Your Catch
Do you cook the fish you or others catch? Some fish found in San Francisco Bay, and local creeks and lakes contain chemicals like mercury and PCBs. To learn which fish are safe to eat and which fish to avoid, please download this Guide to Eating Fish and Shellfish from the San Francisco Bay from the California Department of Public Health. If you’re travelling to fish, be sure to check the statewide map of all advisories in California.
For more information and brochures in other languages visit: http://www.sfei.org/content/educational-materials.
Due to mercury contamination in San Francisco Bay, it is recommended that adults eat no more than two servings of fish from the Bay per month.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a nationwide consumer advisory that children and nursing mothers should not eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel, or ocean whitefish because of mercury contamination.
Mercury harms aquatic life too. Information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicates that mercury in sediment may cause increased mortality and deformities of rainbow trout embryos.
