Fish

Guidelines for eating fish and shellfish

Fish Advisories

Advice for eating fish and shellfish that you catch

Fish Advisory Map

Map of current statewide and site-specific advisories

Benefits and Risks of Eating Fish

Learn about the benefits and risks of eating fish

Domoic Acid

Information on domoic acid (a marine biotoxin) in fish and shellfish

Oil Spills and Seafood

Evaluation of seafood safety following oil spills.

Chemicals in Fish

Sources and health effects of chemicals in the fish we eat

Technical Documents

Fish protocol documents and other resources

Education and Outreach Materials

Helpful links and videos

Translations

Fish advisory information in other languages.

 

 

Reports, Notices, Documents

Statewide sport fish advisory recommends that women aged 18-45 and children under 18 should choose wild-caught rainbow trout and smaller brown trout over bass, carp, and larger brown trout caught in California’s lakes and reservoirs.

: Lake Oroville

Advisory based on mercury or PCBs

: Lake McClure

Advisory based on mercury.

: Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake

Fish advisory for Mokelumne River at Lodi Lake.

: Lake McSwain

Advisory based on mercury

For information relating to biotoxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that may be found in California water bodies, see below.

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) 423-7572
fish@oehha.ca.gov

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