OEHHA Fish: San Francisco Bay and Delta Region

San Francisco Bay and Delta Region

FISH

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.
Women beyond childbearing age and men 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).
Women beyond childbearing age and men should not eat any striped bass over 35 inches.
Women of childbearing age, pregnant, nursing mothers, and children 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.
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.

For a summary of the initial pilot study conducted in San Francisco Bay, follow this link:
Chemical Contaminants in San Francisco Bay,
June 1995 Study Results

For an overview of activities at San Francisco Bay, follow this link:
Overview of San Francisco Bay Sport Fish Contamination and Response Activities
[09/09/99]

For a summary of the chemicals of concern in fish, follow this link:
Summary of Chemicals of Concern Found in Fish:
San Francisco Bay Pilot Study, 1994

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