Suggested servings

[Saltwater Bass]

Did you know that the DFG has a suggested servings chart?


ANADROMOUS FISH*
SERVINGS PER WEEK
Women ages 18-45 and children
1-17 years
Women over 45 years and men
over 17 years
Advice
based on
mercury
American shad or 3 7
Chinook (king) salmon or 2 7
Striped bass or 0 2
White sturgeon 0 1
This advice does not apply to these fish when caught in lakes or reservoirs.
*Fish that migrate between ocean and fresh water
TOMALES BAY (Marin County)
SERVINGS PER WEEK
Women ages 18-45 and children
1-17 years
Women over 45 years and men
over 17 years
Advice based on mercury
Brown smoothhound shark 0 0
Leopard shark or 0 1
Pacific angel shark or 0 1
Bat rays or 0 1
California halibut or 1 3
Red rock crab or 1 3
Surfperches or 2 7
Jacksmelt 3 7
This advisory does not apply to commercially grown Tomales Bay oysters, clams, and mussels, which do not contain high
levels of mercury. 81
For up-to-date groundfish regulation information, call the DFG Groundfish Hotline at (831) 649-2801
For up-to-date ocean salmon regulation information, call the DFG Ocean Salmon Hotline at (707) 576-3429
Do not combine recommendations. For example, if you eat one serving of kelp bass, do not eat any more fish
until the following week.
VENTURA HARBOR TO SANTA MONICA PIER and
SOUTH OF SEAL BEACH PIER TO SAN MATEO POINT
SERVINGS PER WEEK
Women
ages 18-45
and children
1-17 years
Women
over 45 years
and men
over 17 years
Advice based on PCBs or
mercury
Jacksmelt or 4 7
Pacific chub mackerel or 2 4
Corbina, yellowfin croaker, queenfish, surfperches,
opaleye, topsmelt or
2 2
California halibut, rockfishes, barred sand bass,
white croaker, shovelnose guitarfish or
1 2
Sargo, kelp bass, sardines, California scorpionfish
(sculpin) or
1 1
Barracuda, black croaker Do Not Eat 1
Do not combine recommendations. For example, if you eat one serving of kelp bass, do not eat any more fish
until the following week.
SANTA MONICA BEACH south of SANTA MONICA PIER
to SEAL BEACH PIER
SERVINGS PER WEEK
Women
ages 18-45
and children
1-17 years
Women
over 45 years
and men
over 17 years
Advice based on PCBs or
mercury
Jacksmelt or 4 7
Pacific chub mackerel or 2 4
Corbina, yellowfin croaker, queenfish, surfperches,
opaleye or
2 2
California halibut, rockfishes, shovelnose guitarfish or 1 2
Sargo, kelp bass, sardines, California scorpionfish
(sculpin), or
1 1
Barracuda, black croaker Do Not Eat 1
Topsmelt, barred sand bass, white croaker Do Not Eat Do Not Eat

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first number is for childern and women 1-17 and second is for adults

[Salty Dog]

Well, some of those fish listed above I would never eat. I guess they do have there hand in everything. Maybe this is a good thing though.