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

Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds are part of the 150-acre Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos. The largest pond is stocked with rainbow trout. The advisory is based on data from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.

: Vasona Lake and Camden Ponds

Advisory based on mercury or PCBs.

: Mission Bay

Advisory for eating fish from Mission Bay, a saltwater bay, about 6 miles north of San Diego Bay in San Diego County. Advice is the maximum number of servings per week.  The advisory is based on mercury or PCBs.

The guidelines for 16 fish species in San Diego Bay and an accompanying advisory for 12 species in nearby Mission Bay. The recommendations for Mission Bay are less restrictive than for San Diego Bay, with no fish species listed in the “do not eat” category. The recommendations are based on the levels of methylmercury and PCBs in different fish species in the two bodies of water.

State sport fish advisory for San Luis Obispo County’s Oso Flaco Lake. Oso Flaco Lake is part of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, a California State Park. More than 50 fish from the lake were collected and analyzed for the presence of contaminants. The pesticides the fish were tested for—chlordanes, DDTs, and dieldrin—are legacy chemicals that have been prohibited for many years due to their high toxicity and persistence in the environment.

Fish Advisory Map

View maps of current statewide and site-specific advisories

Advisory Map