Local Fish Consumption

[fishfather]

[#000099]Ocean and San Francisco Bay District
San Francisco Bay and Delta Region[/#000099]

Because of elevated levels of mercury, PCBs and other chemicals, the following interim advisory has been issued. A final advisory will be issued when the data have been completely evaluated.

Adults should eat no more than two meals per month of San Francisco Bay sport fish, including sturgeon and striped bass caught in the delta. (One meal is about six ounces.)

Adults should not eat any striped bass over 35 inches.

Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, nursing mothers and children under age 6 should not eat more than one meal of fish per month. In addition, they should not eat any striped bass over 27 inches or any shark over 24 inches.

This advisory does not apply to salmon, anchovies, herring and smelt caught in the Bay; other sport fish caught in the delta or ocean, or commercial fish.

Richmond Harbor Channel area: In addition to the above advice, no one should eat any croakers, surfperches, bullheads, gobies, or shellfish taken within the Richmond Harbor Channel area because of high levels of chemicals detected there.



[#000099]Southern District
Southern California Locations Between Point Dume and Dana Point[/#000099]

Twenty-four locations in this area of southern California have been tested. No consumption advisories based on chemicals were issued for the following locations: Santa Monica Pier, Venice Pier, Venice Beach, Marine del Rey, Redondo Beach, Emma/Eva oil platforms, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Fourteen Mile Bank, Catalina (Twin Harbor), and Dana Point. Consumption advice for certain species of sport fish was issued for the other locations because of elevated DDT and PCB levels, as listed below. One meal is about six ounces. (See also "Important Note No. 3" above.)

[font "arial, helvetica"]California Coastal Site [/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Fish Species[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Recommendation[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Point Dume
Malibu[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Do not consume[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Malibu Pier[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Queenfish[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Short Bank[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Redondo Pier[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Corbina[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Point Vicente
Palos Verdes - Northwest[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Do not consume[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White's Point[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Do not consume[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Sculpin[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Rockfishes[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Kelp bass[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbor (esp. Cabrillo Pier)[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Do not consume[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Queenfish[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Black croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Surfperches[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Los Angeles / Long Beach Breakwater (Ocean side)[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Queenfish[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Surfperches[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Black croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Belmont Pier
Pier J[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Surfperches[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Horseshoe Kelp[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Sculpin[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Newport Pier[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]White croaker[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal a month*[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]Corbina[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]One meal every two weeks[/font] [font "arial, helvetica"]*Consumption recommendation is for all the listed species combined.[/font]

Good to know. To be honest must of the fish I eat are from the store and caught far out[]
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[JapanRon]

Hi there fishfather,

I only wish they had the same warnings at some of the sushi shops I have visited recently! A visit to your local shop could cost your wallet its life!

JapanRon
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[tubeN2]

[cool] Hey fishfather, I used to fish avidly off of Venice and Santa Monica piers. I remember when the catch was still edible and plentiful. They had just started to post signs like that around 82' and people were shocked. Others had disbelief. I havn't fished out of there for close to ten years now since all you can generally see in teh water is floating trash from the LA river and some of its other trubutaries. Thanks for the heads up I'm sure that many will benifit from it.
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