California
Sport Fish Consumption Advisories, Cont.
San
Francisco Bay and Delta Region
- 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 for an adult is about eight 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 six 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.
Lake
Herman (Solano County)
Because
of elevated mercury levels, women who are pregnant or may become
pregnant, nursing mothers, and children under age six should not
eat fish from Lake Herman. Adults should eat no more than one pound
per month of largemouth bass, and children 6-15 years of age should
eat no more than eight ounces per month of largemouth bass.
Grassland
Area (Merced County)
Because
of elevated selenium levels, no one should eat more than four ounces
of fish from the Grassland area, in any two-week period. Women who
are pregnant or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children
age 15 and under should not any eat fish from this area.
Guadalupe
Reservoir, Calero Reservoir, Almaden Reservoir, Guadalupe River,
Guadalupe Creek, Alamitos Creek, and the associated percolation
ponds along the river and creeks (Santa Clara County)
Because
of elevated mercury levels in fish, no one should consume any fish
taken from these locations.
Lake
Nacimiento (San Luis Obispo County)
Because
of elevated mercury levels, no one should eat more than four meals
per month of largemouth bass from Lake Nacimiento. Women who are
pregnant or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children under
age six should not eat largemouth bass from the area.
Harbor
Park Lake (Los Angeles County)
Because of elevated chlordane
and DDT levels, no one should eat goldfish or carp from Harbor Park
Lake.
Salton Sea (Imperial
and Riverside Counties)
Because of elevated selenium levels, no one should eat more than
four ounces of croaker, orangemouth corvina, sargo, or tilapia taken
from the Salton Sea in any two-week period. Women who are pregnant
or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children age 15 and
under should not eat fish from this area. (An additional warning
for the New River has been published and posted by the Imperial
County Health Department for people to avoid physical contact with
the waters of the New River and to avoid eating any fish of any
variety taken from the river.)
Southern
California Locations between Point Dume and Dana Point
Twenty-four
locations in this area of southern California have been tested.
No consumption advisories based on chemicals are issued for the
following locations: Santa Monica Pier, Venice Pier, Venice Beach,
Marina del Rey, Redondo Beach, Emma/Eva oil platforms, Huntington
Beach, Laguna Beach, Fourteen Mile Bank, Catalina (Twin Harbor),
and Dana Point.
Because
of elevated DDT and PCB, however, advisories have been issued for
the locations shown in the table that follows. (One meal is about
six ounces.)
| Site |
Fish
Species |
Recommendation* |
| Point
Dume/ Malibu off shore |
White
croaker |
Do
not consume |
| Malibu
Pier |
Queenfish |
One
meal a month |
| Short
Bank |
White
croaker |
One
meal every two weeks |
| Redondo
Pier |
Corbina |
One
meal every two weeks |
| Point
Vicente Palos Verdes-Northwest |
White
croaker |
Do
not consume |
| White's
Point |
White
croaker |
Do
not consume |
| |
Sculpin |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
| |
Rockfishes |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
| |
Kelp
bass |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
| Los
Angeles/Long Beach Harbors (especially Cabrillo Pier) |
White
croaker |
Do
not consume |
| |
Queenfish |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
| |
Black
croaker |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
| |
Surfperches |
One
meal every two weeks+ |
Los
Angeles/Long Beach Breakwater
(ocean side) |
White
croaker |
One
meal a month+ |
| |
Queenfish |
One
meal a month+ |
| |
Surfperches |
One
meal a month+ |
| |
Black
Croaker |
One
meal a month+ |
Belmont
Pier
Pier J |
Surfperches |
One
meal every two weeks |
| Horseshoe
Kelp |
Sculpin |
One
meal a month+ |
| |
White
croaker |
One
meal a month+ |
| Newport
Pier |
Corbina |
One
meal every two weeks |
*A
meal for a 150-pound adult is about six ounces. Figure about one
ounce of consumption for each 20 pounds of body weight.
+
Consumption recommendation is for all listed species combined at
the particular site.
Advisories
are current as of June 2001.
California
Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA)
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Pesticide
and Environmental Toxicology Section
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
(916) 327-7319
FAX (916) 327-1097
or
Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
1515 Clay St., 16th Floor
Oakland, CA, 94612
(510) 622-3170
(510) 622-3218 FAX
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