Fish Advisories

Safe Eating Guidelines

How to Follow Advisories
Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without site-specific advice
Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without site-specific advice
Advisory for Fish that Migrate
Women & Children
General Tips

OEHHA’s Fish Consumption Advisories and Safe Eating Guidelines:

Waterbody

County

Species

Advisory	County	Species
Advisory for Fish that Migrate		American shad Chinook (King) Salmon Steelhead Trout Striped Bass White Sturgeon
Alamitos Creek	Santa Clara	all fish
Alamo River	Imperial	Carp Channel Catfish Tilapia
Almaden Reservoir	Santa Clara	all fish
American River, Lower	Sacramento	American shad Black Bass Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Largemouth Bass Pikeminnow Redear Sunfish Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker Sunfish White Catfish
Anderson Lake	Santa Clara	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Carp Channel Catfish Crappie Black Crappie Sunfish Bluegill
Bear Creek	Colusa	all fish and shellfish
Big Bear Lake	San Bernardino	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Carp Crappie Rainbow Trout
Black Butte Lake	Glenn, Tehama	Black Bass Catfish Largemouth Bass
Bon Tempe Reservoir	Marin	Black Bass Largemouth Bass
Cache Creek	Lake, Yolo, Colusa	Black Bass Bluegill Brown Bullhead Carp Catfish Crappie Green Sunfish Hardhead Largemouth Bass Mosquitofish Pikeminnow Smallmouth Bass Sucker Sunfish
Calero Reservoir	Santa Clara	all fish
Camanche Reservoir	Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Channel Catfish Hardhead Largemouth Bass Sunfish
Camp Far West Reservoir	Yuba, Nevada, Placer	Black Bass Channel Catfish Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass Sunfish
Carrville Pond	Trinity	Rainbow Trout
Castaic Lagoon	Los Angeles	Carp Black Bass Sunfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish
Castaic Lake	Los Angeles	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Carp Channel Catfish Sunfish Bluegill
Clear Lake	Lake	Black Bass Black bullhead Black Crappie Blackfish Bluegill Brown Bullhead Bullhead Carp Catfish Channel Catfish Asian Clam Crappie Crayfish Green Sunfish Hitch Largemouth Bass Mosquitofish Prickly Sculpin Silverside Sunfish Threadfin Shad White Catfish White Crappie Winged Floater Mussel
Cosumnes River, Lower	Sacramento	American shad Black Bass Bluegill Carp Catfish Channel Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Asian Clam Crappie Crayfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Spotted Bass Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker Sunfish White Catfish White Sturgeon
Delta, Central and South	Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento	Black Bass Carp Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Asian Clam Crappie Crayfish Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker Sunfish White Sturgeon
Don Pedro Lake	Tuolumne	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Carp Sucker Sunfish Bluegill
Donner Lake	Nevada	Brown Trout Kokanee Lake Trout Rainbow Trout
East Park Reservoir	Colusa	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Catfish Goldfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Sunfish
Elkhorn Slough	Monterey	Asian Clam Speckled Sanddab Surfperch Bat Ray Leopard Shark
Englebright Lake	Yuba, Nevada	Black Bass Bluegill Green Sunfish Largemouth Bass Rainbow Trout Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass Sunfish
Feather River, Lower	Butte, Yuba, Sutter	American shad Black Bass Bluegill Carp Catfish Channel Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Hardhead Largemouth Bass Pikeminnow Redear Sunfish Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker Sunfish White Catfish White Sturgeon
Feather River, Upper	Butte, Plumas	Black Bass Brook Trout Brown Trout Pikeminnow Rainbow Trout Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass
Folsom Lake	Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer	Black Bass Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Sunfish Trout
French Meadows Reservoir	Placer	Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Crayfish
Grasslands Area	Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin	American shad Black Bass Carp Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker Sunfish White Sturgeon
Guadalupe Creek	Santa Clara	all fish
Guadalupe Reservoir	Santa Clara	all fish
Hell Hole Reservoir	Placer	Brown Trout Crayfish Kokanee Lake Trout
Jenkinson Lake	El Dorado	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Pumpkinseed Rainbow Trout Redear Sunfish Smallmouth Bass Sunfish
Lafayette Reservoir	Contra Costa	Black Bass Channel Catfish Goldfish Largemouth Bass Rainbow Trout
Laguna de Santa Rosa	Sonoma	Black Bass Blackfish Bluegill Carp Fathead Minnow Green Sunfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Sunfish
Lake Almanor	Plumas	Black Bass Smallmouth Bass Silverside Rainbow Trout Sucker
Lake Berryessa	Napa	Black Bass Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Largemouth Bass Rainbow Trout Smallmouth Bass
Lake Chabot	Alameda	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Catfish Carp Goldfish Rainbow Trout Sunfish Bluegill Green Sunfish Redear Sunfish
Lake Combie	Placer, Nevada	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Sucker
Lake Del Valle	Alameda	Black Bass Bluegill Channel Catfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Silverside Smallmouth Bass Striped Bass Sunfish Threadfin Shad
Lake Evans	Riverside	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Catfish Largemouth Bass Sunfish
Lake Gregory	San Bernardino	Bullhead Black Bass Carp Crappie Tule Perch
Lake Havasu	San Bernardino	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Carp Catfish Striped Bass Sunfish Bluegill Redear Sunfish
Lake Herman	Solano	Black Bass Largemouth Bass
Lake McClure	Mariposa	Black Bass Carp Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Kokanee Rainbow Trout Sunfish
Lake McSwain	Mariposa	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Rainbow Trout Sucker
Lake Mendocino	Mendocino	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Striped Bass Sunfish
Lake Merced	San Francisco	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Rainbow Trout
Lake Nacimiento	San Luis Obispo	Black Bass Carp Catfish Crappie Sucker Sunfish White Bass
Lake Natoma	Sacramento	Black Bass Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Sunfish Trout
Lake Oroville	Butte	Black Bass Carp Catfish Coho Salmon Sunfish
Lake Pillsbury	Lake	Black Bass Bluegill Green Sunfish Largemouth Bass Pikeminnow Rainbow Trout Sunfish
Lake Piru	Ventura	Sunfish Brown Bullhead Black Bass
Lake San Antonio	Monterey, San Luis Obispo	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Brown Bullhead Channel Catfish Carp Silverside Striped Bass White Catfish
Lake Sonoma	Sonoma	Black Bass Crappie Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Sunfish
Lake Temescal	Alameda	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Carp Sunfish Green Sunfish
Lauritzen Channel	Contra Costa	all fish and shellfish
Legg Lake	Los Angeles	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Channel Catfish Largemouth Bass Redear Sunfish Sunfish
Lewiston Lake	Trinity	Trout
Lexington Reservoir	Santa Clara	Rainbow Trout Silverside Threadfin Shad Sunfish Black Bass Bluegill
Little Rock Reservoir	Los Angeles	Black Bass Carp Catfish Crappie Sunfish Rainbow Trout
Magic Johnson Lakes	Los Angeles	Black Bass Carp Catfish Sunfish Trout
Mission Bay	San Diego	Black Croaker Black Perch Brown Smoothhound Shark Diamond Turbot Opaleye Rainbow Surfperch Shiner Perch Spotted Sand Bass Spotted Turbot Striped Mullet Topsmelt White Surfperch Yellowfin Croaker
Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake	San Joaquin	Black Bass Chinook (King) Salmon Largemouth Bass Rainbow Trout Steelhead Trout Sucker
Mokelumne River, Lower	Sacramento, San Joaquin	American shad Asian Clam Black Bass Bluegill Brown Bullhead Catfish Channel Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Crayfish Largemouth Bass Pikeminnow Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sunfish White Catfish White Sturgeon
New Bullards Bar Reservoir	Yuba	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Carp Kokanee Rainbow Trout Sunfish Bluegill
New Hogan Lake	Calaveras	Channel Catfish Black Bass Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Sunfish Bluegill Redear Sunfish
New Melones Reservoir	Calaveras, Tuolumne	Black Bass Carp Catfish
New River	Imperial	Carp Channel Catfish Tilapia
Nicasio Reservoir	Marin	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Largemouth Bass Sunfish
O'Neill Forebay	Merced	Catfish Channel Catfish White Catfish Black Bass Largemouth Bass Silverside Striped Bass
Oso Flaco Lake	San Luis Obispo	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Goldfish Hitch Sunfish Bluegill
Port of Stockton	San Joaquin	all fish and shellfish
Putah Creek including Lake Solano	Yolo, Solano	Black Bass Blackfish Carp Catfish Crappie Crayfish Hitch Pikeminnow Sucker Sunfish Trout
Pyramid Lake	Los Angeles	Black Bass Bullhead Catfish Rainbow Trout
Rollins Reservoir	Nevada, Placer	Catfish
Sacramento River and Northern Delta	Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, Solano, Contra Costa	American shad Black Bass Carp Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Crappie Goldfish Hardhead Hitch Pikeminnow Rainbow Trout Sunfish Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sucker White Sturgeon
Salton Sea	Imperial, Riverside	all fish
San Diego Bay	San Diego	Barred Sand Bass Black Perch California Lizardfish Diamond Turbot Gray Smoothhound Shark Leopard Shark Pacific Chub Mackerel Pile Perch Round Sting Ray Rainbow Surfperch Shiner Perch Shovelnose Guitarfish Spotted Sand Bass Spotted Turbot Topsmelt Yellowfin Croaker
San Francisco Bay	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma	Brown Rockfish Brown Smoothhound Shark California Halibut Chinook (King) Salmon Jacksmelt Leopard Shark Red Rock Crab Striped Bass Surfperch Tule Perch White Croaker White Sturgeon
San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Port of Stockton	Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin	American shad Black Bass Carp Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Steelhead Trout Striped Bass Sunfish Sucker White Sturgeon
San Luis Reservoir	Merced	American shad Carp Black Bass Largemouth Bass Striped Bass Tule Perch
San Pablo Reservoir	Contra Costa	Black Bass Carp Catfish Crappie Trout
Santa Monica Beach south of Santa Monica Pier to Seal Beach Pier	Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange	Barred Sand Bass Black Croaker Brown Rockfish California Corbina California Halibut California Scorpionfish Jacksmelt Kelp Bass Opaleye Barracuda Pacific Chub Mackerel Pacific Sardine Queenfish Sargo Shovelnose Guitarfish Topsmelt Tule Perch White Croaker Yellowfin Croaker
Shadow Cliffs Lake	Alameda	Black Bass Carp Catfish Sunfish
Shasta Lake	Shasta	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass Channel Catfish Chinook (King) Salmon Carp Rainbow Trout Sunfish Bluegill Pumpkinseed
Silverwood Lake	San Bernardino	Black Bass Blackfish Catfish Rainbow Trout Striped Bass Sunfish Tui Chub Tule Perch
Soulajule Reservoir	Marin	Black Bass Crappie
South of Seal Beach Pier to San Mateo Point	Orange	Barracuda Barred Sand Bass Black Croaker Brown Rockfish California Corbina California Halibut California Scorpionfish Jacksmelt Kelp Bass Opaleye Pacific Chub Mackerel Pacific Sardine Queenfish Sargo Shovelnose Guitarfish Topsmelt Tule Perch White Croaker Yellowfin Croaker
Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California Coastal Locations without Site-Specific Advice		Barred Sand Bass Barred Surfperch Black Perch Black Rockfish Black and Yellow Rockfish Blue Rockfish Brown Rockfish Cabezon California Corbina China Rockfish Copper Rockfish Diamond Turbot Gopher Rockfish Kelp Bass Kelp Rockfish Lingcod Longfin Sanddab Olive Rockfish Pile Perch Queenfish Rainbow Surfperch Rosethorn Rockfish Shiner Perch Silver Surfperch Speckled Sanddab Spotfin Surfperch Spotted Turbot Topsmelt Vermillion Rockfish Walleye Surfperch White Croaker White Surfperch Yellowfin Croaker Sharks Brown Smoothhound Shark Gray Smoothhound Shark Leopard Shark
Statewide Advisory for Eating Fish from California's Lakes and Reservoirs without Site-specific Advice		Black Bass Brown Trout Bullhead Carp Rainbow Trout Sunfish
Stevens Creek Reservoir	Santa Clara	Black Bass Crappie
Stony Gorge Reservoir	Glenn	Black Bass Bluegill Carp Channel Catfish Goldfish Largemouth Bass Sunfish
Thermalito Forebay and Afterbay	Butte	Black Bass Carp Crayfish Pikeminnow Sunfish
Tomales Bay	Marin	Bat Ray Brown Smoothhound Shark California Halibut Jacksmelt Leopard Shark Pacific Angel Shark Red Rock Crab Surfperch
Trinity Lake and the East Fork Trinity River	Trinity	Black Bass Brown Trout Catfish Rainbow Trout
Trinity River upstream of Trinity Lake	Trinity	Trout
Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds	Santa Clara	Black Bass Carp Catfish Goldfish Rainbow Trout Sunfish
Ventura Harbor to Santa Monica Pier	Ventura, Los Angeles	Barred Sand Bass Black Croaker Brown Rockfish California Corbina California Halibut California Scorpionfish Jacksmelt Kelp Bass Opaleye Barracuda Pacific Chub Mackerel Pacific Sardine Queenfish Sargo Shovelnose Guitarfish Topsmelt Tule Perch White Croaker Yellowfin Croaker
Wiest Lake	Imperial	Black Bass Largemouth Bass Channel Catfish Crappie Black Crappie Sunfish Bluegill Redear Sunfish

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Fish Advisories

Safe Eating Guidelines

OEHHA’s Fish Consumption Advisories and Safe Eating Guidelines: