How to Follow Advisories

Watch our video How to Use Fish Advisories or follow the steps below.

 

1. Find the water body where you want to fish

  • Click on Fish Advisories. Water bodies that have advisories are listed alphabetically. You can use the search functions to filter by water body name, county, or species.
  • Or, use the Advisory Map to find fish advisories by location.

 

2. Find the advice for you and your family

  • After you click on an advisory, scroll down to look at the advice based on gender and age.
  • We provide separate guidelines for people who are more sensitive to contaminants compared to the general population.

 

Women 18 to 45 years and children 1 to 17 years old

The sensitive population includes women 18 to 49 years old and children 1 to 17 years old. Learn why they are more sensitive.

 

Women 46 years and older and men 18 years and olderThe general population includes women 50 years and older and men 18 years and older.

 

 

  • Next, find the type of fish you plan to eat. We provide advice only for species with enough data. If a water body where you want to fish does not have an advisory, follow one of our statewide fish advisories for

 

3. Things to note

  • It is important to note the "Or" between the columns because you should not combine servings. For example, if you eat a fish in the one serving per week group, you should wait until the next week to eat another fish from anywhere else, including fish purchased at a store or restaurant. That one serving of fish should be the only fish you eat that week. If you choose a fish from the two servings a week column, you can combine fish species from that column as long as your total does not exceed two servings.
  • One serving is eight ounces before cooking, or about the size and thickness of your hand for fish fillets. Always give children smaller portions.

One serving

  • Fish species that have higher levels of omega-3s are shown with a heart icon (heart healthy) when OEHHA recommends that they can be eaten at least once a week.

Fish Advisory Map

View maps of current statewide and site-specific advisories

Advisory Map

Fish, Ecotoxicology and Water Section

Sacramento Office
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-324-7572
fish@oehha.ca.gov

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