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Which Fish Are Safe To Eat?
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This page presents selected lists and resources regarding contaminated fish and healthy fish consumption — which fish are safe to eat, which fish should be consumed in moderation,
and which fish should be avoided. This information was compiled for personal use. Readers are encouraged to visit the original sites for updates. |
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Contaminated Fish: How many meals are safe to eat per month?
Fish is generally healthy to eat, but you should eat some types infrequently, if at all. This chart lists the most contaminated fish, and how much can safely be eaten each month (assuming no
other contaminated fish is consumed). The advice is based on EPA guidance and the latest mercury and PCB data. See the green sections [in the chart] for safer seafood options. [...]
These fish are also safe to eat at least once per week: anchovies, clams, Dungeness crab, king
crab (U.S.), snow crab, Pacific cod, crawfish (U.S.), Atlantic herring (Canada/U.S.), spiny lobster
(Australia/Baja/U.S.), Atlantic mackerel, blue mussels, farmed oysters, Alaska pollock, canned
pink/sockeye salmon, sardines, scallops, shrimp (Canada/U.S.), squid, tilapia (Latin America/U.S.). [...]
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National Resources Defense Council is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, membership organization, founded in
1970, with a mission of safeguarding the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group,
combining the grassroots power of 1.2 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.
NRDC provides a great deal of useful information with respect to mercury contamination.
Source:
NRDC: Mercury Contamination in Fish - Consumer Guide to Mercury in Fish
National Redources Defense Council
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
Consumer Guide to Mercury in Fish
The list below shows the amount of various types of fish that a woman who is pregnant or planning to become pregnant can safely eat, according to the Environmental Protection
Agency. People with small children who want to use the list as a guide should reduce portion sizes. Adult men, and women who are not planning to become pregnant, are less at risk
from mercury exposure but may wish to refer to the list for low-mercury choices.
Protecting yourself -- and the fish: Certain fish, even some that are low in mercury, make poor choices for other reasons, most often because they have been fished so extensively that
their numbers are perilously low. These fish are marked with an asterisk (read more below).
This list applies to fish caught and sold commercially. For information about fish you catch yourself, check for advisories in your state. |
LEAST MERCURY
Enjoy these fish:
Anchovies
Butterfish
Catfish
Clam
Crab (Domestic)
Crawfish/Crayfish
Croaker (Atlantic)
Flounder*
Haddock (Atlantic)*
Hake
Herring
Mackerel (N. Atlantic, Chub)
Mullet
Oyster
Perch (Ocean)
Plaice
Pollock
Salmon (Canned)**
Salmon (Fresh)**
Sardine
Scallop*
Shad (American)
Shrimp*
Sole (Pacific)
Squid (Calamari)
Tilapia
Trout (Freshwater)
Whitefish
Whiting |
MODERATE MERCURY
Eat six servings or less per month:
Bass (Striped, Black)
Carp
Cod (Alaskan)*
Croaker (White Pacific)
Halibut (Atlantic)*
Halibut (Pacific)
Jacksmelt (Silverside)
Lobster
Mahi Mahi
Monkfish*
Perch (Freshwater)
Sablefish
Skate*
Snapper*
Tuna (Canned chunk light)
Tuna (Skipjack)*
Weakfish (Sea Trout) |
HIGH MERCURY
Eat three servings or less per month:
Bluefish
Grouper*
Mackerel (Spanish, Gulf)
Sea Bass (Chilean)*
Tuna (Canned Albacore)
Tuna (Yellowfin)* |
HIGHEST MERCURY
Avoid eating:
Mackerel (King)
Marlin*
Orange Roughy*
Shark*
Swordfish*
Tilefish*
Tuna
(Bigeye, Ahi)* |
* Fish in Trouble! These fish are perilously low in numbers or are caught using environmentally destructive methods. To learn more, see the Monterey Bay
Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute, both of which provide guides to fish to enjoy or avoid on the basis of environmental factors.
** Farmed Salmon may contain PCB's, chemicals with serious long-term health effects. |
Sources for NRDC's guide:
The data for this guide to mercury in fish comes from two federal agencies: the Food and Drug Administration, which tests fish for mercury,
and the Environmental Protection Agency, which determines mercury levels that it considers safe for women of childbearing age.
About the mercury-level categories:
The categories on the list (least mercury to highest mercury) are determined according to the following mercury levels in the flesh of tested fish.
Least mercury: Less than 0.09 parts per million
Moderate mercury: From 0.09 to 0.29 parts per million
High mercury: From 0.3 to 0.49 parts per million
Highest mercury: More than .5 parts per million | |
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